Planetary Debris Disks Discovered with Citizen Scientists and Virtual Reality
Members of the public are helping professional astronomers identify nascent planetary systems
Source: scientificamerican.com
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Using Virtual Reality Software to Help Search for Dusty Disks
Young stars are surrounded by swirling disks of gas and dust, the material that might one day create planets.
Source: azorobotics.com
Michaela B. Allen | Citizen Scientist / Graduate Student – NASA Solar System Exploration
What motivated you to volunteer as a NASA citizen scientist? How did you learn about NASA citizen science? Have you had to be creative to secure adequate computer or internet access? Before I was a physics major in undergrad, I was really interested in astronomy and space, and I liked to keep up with everything NASA was doing. I remember reading an article about Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a new NASA citizen science project that was getting ready to be launched where you could discover new objects in space, and that seemed really cool to me. I made an alarm for the day the project launched...
Source: nasa.gov