Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

Citizen scientists have successfully located thousands of previously unknown pairs of “eclipsing binary” stars, NASA announced in June. The ongoing initiative helps space researchers hunt for ...

Join Tanja Harmon and guest Caroline Nickerson on this week’s Sustainable Living show to discuss becoming a citizen scientist. Caroline Nickerson, PhD, is a science communication researcher and civic ...

Cities are expected to track sustainability progress with data that are often incomplete, outdated, or available only at ...

Distant exoplanets can be dodgy to spot even in the best of observations. Despite the challenges, a team of astronomers just reported the discovery of a gas giant exoplanet that lies about 400 ...

The third annual Citizen Science Symposium hosted by The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor is intended to showcase and celebrate recent contributions to the local science community by citizen ...

It’s good to have resolutions. Whether they are declarations of hope and change, or commitments to service or self-improvement, resolutions remind us that we have the ability to change ourselves and ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources recently launched a new citizen science project to track eastern ...

On Kangaroo Island – where the bloom has washed death ashore for almost a year – a group of citizen scientists are focusing ...

The Marine Institute is seeking the help of "citizen scientists" to track the movements of oystercatcher birds in Dundalk Bay.