Citizen Science

Public Participation Data Collection Public Engagement Community Engagement Collaboration in Research NASA Projects Volunteerism Eclipse Soundscapes Project Astronomical Research Environmental Monitoring

Great Backyard Bird Count Kicks Off Worldwide Feb. 13–16

The four-day citizen-science effort gathers a global snapshot of bird populations ahead of spring migration.

Astronomers Spot Giant Overlapping Double Radio Ring 7 Billion Light-Years Away

Citizen Scientists Find Most Distant, Most Powerful Odd Radio Circle With Twin Rings

ISS Astronaut’s Photo Confirmed as Rare Gigantic Jet and Joins Spritacular Database

Germany’s Oldest Pterosaur Teeth Identified by Citizen Scientists at Eifel Park

Kilonova Seekers Volunteers Discover Rare Variable Star GOTO0650

15–20-Foot Basking Shark Briefly Visits Block Island’s Great Salt Pond

Halloween Comet C/2024 S1 Faces Disintegration as It Nears the Sun

Citizen Scientists Discover Hypervelocity Object Exiting Milky Way

Citizen Scientists Discover Star Traveling at 1 Million MPH

Citizen Scientists Reveal Alarming Pollution in UK Rivers

NASA Launches Eclipse Soundscapes Project for April 8 Solar Eclipse