Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Michael Gold, Jan 29, 2010
It had been more than 10 years since the two-star system known as U Scorpii had erupted into one of its unpredictable bursts of brightness. Then yesterday morning, two amateur astronomers in Florida observed this “recurrent nova” come to life. Barbara Harris spotted it first and Shawn Dvorak soon confirmed. They notified the American Association … Read more “Amateur Astronomers First to Spot Starry Outburst”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science
By Michael Gold, Jan 26, 2010
Most of the time, you can freely choose your own citizen science project (see our Project Finder). But every now and then, a project crashes through the ceiling… and chooses you. That’s what happened to a couple of doctors about a week ago in Lorton, Virginia, when a meteor traveling faster than 200 miles an … Read more “The meteor and the doctors”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science
By Michael Gold, Jan 11, 2010
Did you know that you can often see the International Space Station in the night sky? I’ve known that for a while, but I never think to look up at the right time. Here’s a cool solution I just came across: space station alerts via Twitter. Twisst will tweet you an advance summary of good … Read more “Twitter alert: Here comes the space station!”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Computers & Technology
