Citizen Science

Astronomy Citizen Science Programs

Learn and contribute to astronomy research by joining a citizen science project! In most cases, you are given images from observatory telescopes and you will help find or classify objects such as exoplanets, galaxies, neutron stars, black holes, and even ET signals

1. Program Name
3. Research Area

1. Slooh
3. reserve telescope time online

1. Agent Exoplanet
3. finding exoplanets

1. Exoplanet Explorers
3. finding exoplanets

1. Planet Hunters TESS
3. finding exoplanets

1. Disk Detective
3. finding protoplanetary disks

1. Galaxy Explorer
3. classifying galaxies

1. Galaxy Zoo
3. classifying galaxy type

1. Galaxy Zoo 3D
3. classifying galaxy structure

1. Galaxy Builder
3. modeling galaxies

1. Radio Galaxy Zoo
3. finding supermassive black holes

1. Einstein@Home
3. finding neutron star pairs

1. Space Warps
3. finding gravitational lenses

1. Gravity Spy
3. finding gravitational waves

1. Supernova Hunters
3. finding supernova explosions

1. Local Group Clusters
3. finding extragalactic star clusters

1. Milky Way Project
3. classifying stars in Milky Way

1. SuperWASP Variable Stars
3. classifying variable stars

1. Planet 9
3. finding Planet 9 and brown dwarfs

1. Target Asteroids!
3. finding asteroids

1. Stardust@home
3. classifying space dust grains

1. Planet Four
3. classifying Mars features

1. COSMIC
3. classifying Mars features

1. Radio Meteor Zoo
3. finding meteors

1. Report a Fireball
3. reporting meteor fireballs

1. Solar Stormwatch II
3. classifying solar storms

1. Aurorasaurus
3. classifying auroras

1. Globe at Night
3. monitoring light pollution

1. SETI@home
3. finding ET signals

1. Astronomy Rewind
3. tagging old astronomy images

1. Project Phaedra
3. tagging old astronomy images