NAU Active Asteroid citizen science project publishes additional results
The Active Asteroids project launched on Aug. 31, 2021, through a NASA Partner program on Zooniverse.
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The Active Asteroids project launched on Aug. 31, 2021, through a NASA Partner program on Zooniverse.
More than 8,000 volunteers combed through 430,000 images to discover 15 new active asteroids, according to a study in which nine citizen scientists are among the co-authors.
Do you know the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A new astronomical object is blurring the line between the two. Citizen scientists involved in the Active Asteroids project have spotted an asteroid that displays a comet-like tail of dust or gas, but only some of the time.
You too can be an asteroid hunter, thanks to a citizen-science project set up by the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.