#citizen-science — Public Fediverse posts

There’s a fantastic article on the front page of the #RNZ website this morning about the rise of birding amongst young people in NZ. It’s been great to see them become big parts of eBird and iNaturalist.

“I don't really care about getting wet or rained on, or muddy,” Joseph says, adding he’s been in a hailstorm whilst bird-watching. “The only thing I'm worried about is the rain ruining my camera.”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/gen-zers-becoming-fully-fledged-bird-watchers

https://www.inaturalist.nz/projects/new-zealand-young-naturalist-community

#nature #birds #birding #nz #CitizenScience #eBird #iNaturalist

There’s a fantastic article on the front page of the #RNZ website this morning about the rise of birding amongst young people in NZ. It’s been great to see them become big parts of eBird and iNaturalist.

“I don't really care about getting wet or rained on, or muddy,” Joseph says, adding he’s been in a hailstorm whilst bird-watching. “The only thing I'm worried about is the rain ruining my camera.”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/gen-zers-becoming-fully-fledged-bird-watchers

https://www.inaturalist.nz/projects/new-zealand-young-naturalist-community

#nature #birds #birding #nz #CitizenScience #eBird #iNaturalist

There’s a fantastic article on the front page of the #RNZ website this morning about the rise of birding amongst young people in NZ. It’s been great to see them become big parts of eBird and iNaturalist.

“I don't really care about getting wet or rained on, or muddy,” Joseph says, adding he’s been in a hailstorm whilst bird-watching. “The only thing I'm worried about is the rain ruining my camera.”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/gen-zers-becoming-fully-fledged-bird-watchers

https://www.inaturalist.nz/projects/new-zealand-young-naturalist-community

#nature #birds #birding #nz #CitizenScience #eBird #iNaturalist

There’s a fantastic article on the front page of the #RNZ website this morning about the rise of birding amongst young people in NZ. It’s been great to see them become big parts of eBird and iNaturalist.

“I don't really care about getting wet or rained on, or muddy,” Joseph says, adding he’s been in a hailstorm whilst bird-watching. “The only thing I'm worried about is the rain ruining my camera.”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/gen-zers-becoming-fully-fledged-bird-watchers

https://www.inaturalist.nz/projects/new-zealand-young-naturalist-community

#nature #birds #birding #nz #CitizenScience #eBird #iNaturalist

There’s a fantastic article on the front page of the #RNZ website this morning about the rise of birding amongst young people in NZ. It’s been great to see them become big parts of eBird and iNaturalist.

“I don't really care about getting wet or rained on, or muddy,” Joseph says, adding he’s been in a hailstorm whilst bird-watching. “The only thing I'm worried about is the rain ruining my camera.”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/gen-zers-becoming-fully-fledged-bird-watchers

https://www.inaturalist.nz/projects/new-zealand-young-naturalist-community

#nature #birds #birding #nz #CitizenScience #eBird #iNaturalist

Amateur astronomer leads scientists to a massive 390-million-year-old impact crater in Quebec

A circular feature first notice…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #CitizenScience #Earthimpactstructures #GordonOsinski #Hiawathacrater #impactcrater #JoëlLapointe #LakeMarsal #meteoriteimpact #MeteoriticalSociety #planetarygeology #Quebecgeology #Quebecimpactcrater #Research #shattercones #SpaceNews #Uhackatik #WesternUniversity
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/862693/

Amateur astronomer leads scientists to a massive 390-million-year-old impact crater in Quebec

A circular feature first notice…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #CitizenScience #Earthimpactstructures #GordonOsinski #Hiawathacrater #impactcrater #JoëlLapointe #LakeMarsal #meteoriteimpact #MeteoriticalSociety #planetarygeology #Quebecgeology #Quebecimpactcrater #Research #shattercones #SpaceNews #Uhackatik #WesternUniversity
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/862693/

Citizen science reveals temporally structured insect attraction and mitigation efficacy under artificial light at night: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2 -> "nocturnal insects exhibit pronounced temporal niche partitioning, suggesting that attraction to artificial light and the effectiveness of mitigation measures may vary over the night. Using a #CitizenScience framework, we show how insect attraction along a lakeside road varies across five nightly intervals, comparing conventional high pressure sodium with tailored and shielded LED road lights. [...] Both total abundances and taxonomic composition showed significant time-by-treatment interactions, demonstrating that incorporating temporal dynamics can greatly improve targeted mitigation strategies." #LightPollution #ALAN

Citizen science reveals temporally structured insect attraction and mitigation efficacy under artificial light at night: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2 -> "nocturnal insects exhibit pronounced temporal niche partitioning, suggesting that attraction to artificial light and the effectiveness of mitigation measures may vary over the night. Using a #CitizenScience framework, we show how insect attraction along a lakeside road varies across five nightly intervals, comparing conventional high pressure sodium with tailored and shielded LED road lights. [...] Both total abundances and taxonomic composition showed significant time-by-treatment interactions, demonstrating that incorporating temporal dynamics can greatly improve targeted mitigation strategies." #LightPollution #ALAN

Citizen science reveals temporally structured insect attraction and mitigation efficacy under artificial light at night: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2 -> "nocturnal insects exhibit pronounced temporal niche partitioning, suggesting that attraction to artificial light and the effectiveness of mitigation measures may vary over the night. Using a #CitizenScience framework, we show how insect attraction along a lakeside road varies across five nightly intervals, comparing conventional high pressure sodium with tailored and shielded LED road lights. [...] Both total abundances and taxonomic composition showed significant time-by-treatment interactions, demonstrating that incorporating temporal dynamics can greatly improve targeted mitigation strategies." #LightPollution #ALAN

Citizen science reveals temporally structured insect attraction and mitigation efficacy under artificial light at night: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2 -> "nocturnal insects exhibit pronounced temporal niche partitioning, suggesting that attraction to artificial light and the effectiveness of mitigation measures may vary over the night. Using a #CitizenScience framework, we show how insect attraction along a lakeside road varies across five nightly intervals, comparing conventional high pressure sodium with tailored and shielded LED road lights. [...] Both total abundances and taxonomic composition showed significant time-by-treatment interactions, demonstrating that incorporating temporal dynamics can greatly improve targeted mitigation strategies." #LightPollution #ALAN

Citizen science reveals temporally structured insect attraction and mitigation efficacy under artificial light at night: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2 -> "nocturnal insects exhibit pronounced temporal niche partitioning, suggesting that attraction to artificial light and the effectiveness of mitigation measures may vary over the night. Using a #CitizenScience framework, we show how insect attraction along a lakeside road varies across five nightly intervals, comparing conventional high pressure sodium with tailored and shielded LED road lights. [...] Both total abundances and taxonomic composition showed significant time-by-treatment interactions, demonstrating that incorporating temporal dynamics can greatly improve targeted mitigation strategies." #LightPollution #ALAN

Artificial light harms insects most when they are most active

A Communications Biology citizen-science study found insect attraction to road lights peaked late in the evening and around midnight. Tailored, shielded LED luminaires reduced total attraction most strongly during those peaks, showing that lighting design and timing must work together.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2

#lightpollution #insects #biodiversity #darksky #lighting #citizenscience

Artificial light harms insects most when they are most active

A Communications Biology citizen-science study found insect attraction to road lights peaked late in the evening and around midnight. Tailored, shielded LED luminaires reduced total attraction most strongly during those peaks, showing that lighting design and timing must work together.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2

#lightpollution #insects #biodiversity #darksky #lighting #citizenscience

Artificial light harms insects most when they are most active

A Communications Biology citizen-science study found insect attraction to road lights peaked late in the evening and around midnight. Tailored, shielded LED luminaires reduced total attraction most strongly during those peaks, showing that lighting design and timing must work together.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2

#lightpollution #insects #biodiversity #darksky #lighting #citizenscience

Artificial light harms insects most when they are most active

A Communications Biology citizen-science study found insect attraction to road lights peaked late in the evening and around midnight. Tailored, shielded LED luminaires reduced total attraction most strongly during those peaks, showing that lighting design and timing must work together.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2

#lightpollution #insects #biodiversity #darksky #lighting #citizenscience

Artificial light harms insects most when they are most active

A Communications Biology citizen-science study found insect attraction to road lights peaked late in the evening and around midnight. Tailored, shielded LED luminaires reduced total attraction most strongly during those peaks, showing that lighting design and timing must work together.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10979-2

#lightpollution #insects #biodiversity #darksky #lighting #citizenscience

Granitfelswand am Paulsdorfer Spitzberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Markersdorf, Deutsch Paulsdorf
Autor: Hans-Werner Otto
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2864

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Granitfelswand am Paulsdorfer Spitzberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Markersdorf, Deutsch Paulsdorf
Autor: Hans-Werner Otto
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2864

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Granitfelswand am Paulsdorfer Spitzberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Markersdorf, Deutsch Paulsdorf
Autor: Hans-Werner Otto
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2864

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Granitfelswand am Paulsdorfer Spitzberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Markersdorf, Deutsch Paulsdorf
Autor: Hans-Werner Otto
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2864

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Granitfelswand am Paulsdorfer Spitzberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Markersdorf, Deutsch Paulsdorf
Autor: Hans-Werner Otto
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2864

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Winterlandschaft mit beschranktem Bahnübergang und Bahnübergangshäuschen (Blockstelle 161) am Schafberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2790
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Winterlandschaft mit beschranktem Bahnübergang und Bahnübergangshäuschen (Blockstelle 161) am Schafberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2790
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Winterlandschaft mit beschranktem Bahnübergang und Bahnübergangshäuschen (Blockstelle 161) am Schafberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2790
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Winterlandschaft mit beschranktem Bahnübergang und Bahnübergangshäuschen (Blockstelle 161) am Schafberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2790
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Winterlandschaft mit beschranktem Bahnübergang und Bahnübergangshäuschen (Blockstelle 161) am Schafberg
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2790
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

For #Archeology Month this mossy decrepit Alces alces (North American moose) skull stole the show for me last weekend during a public tour at the 106 Group’s St. Paul office.

106 Group is a rare bird — a private archaeology resource lab, cultural resource management (CRM) firm, doing heritage work in the Midwest.

For more:
106group.com

And for #LostBones history: marcus.brandel.substack.com

#Pleistocene #Holocene #AlcesAlces #Moose #106Group #Archaeology #LostBones #CRM #CitizenScience

For #Archeology Month this mossy decrepit Alces alces (North American moose) skull stole the show for me last weekend during a public tour at the 106 Group’s St. Paul office.

106 Group is a rare bird — a private archaeology resource lab, cultural resource management (CRM) firm, doing heritage work in the Midwest.

For more:
106group.com

And for #LostBones history: marcus.brandel.substack.com

#Pleistocene #Holocene #AlcesAlces #Moose #106Group #Archaeology #LostBones #CRM #CitizenScience

For #Archeology Month this mossy decrepit Alces alces (North American moose) skull stole the show for me last weekend during a public tour at the 106 Group’s St. Paul office.

106 Group is a rare bird — a private archaeology resource lab, cultural resource management (CRM) firm, doing heritage work in the Midwest.

For more:
106group.com

And for #LostBones history: marcus.brandel.substack.com

#Pleistocene #Holocene #AlcesAlces #Moose #106Group #Archaeology #LostBones #CRM #CitizenScience

For #Archeology Month this mossy decrepit Alces alces (North American moose) skull stole the show for me last weekend during a public tour at the 106 Group’s St. Paul office.

106 Group is a rare bird — a private archaeology resource lab, cultural resource management (CRM) firm, doing heritage work in the Midwest.

For more:
106group.com

And for #LostBones history: marcus.brandel.substack.com

#Pleistocene #Holocene #AlcesAlces #Moose #106Group #Archaeology #LostBones #CRM #CitizenScience

For #Archeology Month this mossy decrepit Alces alces (North American moose) skull stole the show for me last weekend during a public tour at the 106 Group’s St. Paul office.

106 Group is a rare bird — a private archaeology resource lab, cultural resource management (CRM) firm, doing heritage work in the Midwest.

For more:
106group.com

And for #LostBones history: marcus.brandel.substack.com

#Pleistocene #Holocene #AlcesAlces #Moose #106Group #Archaeology #LostBones #CRM #CitizenScience

Wie lebten Menschen mit italienischen Wurzeln in #Berlin? Welche Orte prägten ihren Alltag und welche Spuren haben sie hinterlassen? Geht mit uns in unserem neuen #CitizenScience-Projekt auf Spurensuche und erforscht "Italien in Berlin"! Alle Infos 👉 https://lab.sbb.berlin/italien-in-berlin/

Wie lebten Menschen mit italienischen Wurzeln in #Berlin? Welche Orte prägten ihren Alltag und welche Spuren haben sie hinterlassen? Geht mit uns in unserem neuen #CitizenScience-Projekt auf Spurensuche und erforscht "Italien in Berlin"! Alle Infos 👉 https://lab.sbb.berlin/italien-in-berlin/

Wie lebten Menschen mit italienischen Wurzeln in #Berlin? Welche Orte prägten ihren Alltag und welche Spuren haben sie hinterlassen? Geht mit uns in unserem neuen #CitizenScience-Projekt auf Spurensuche und erforscht "Italien in Berlin"! Alle Infos 👉 https://lab.sbb.berlin/italien-in-berlin/

Wie lebten Menschen mit italienischen Wurzeln in #Berlin? Welche Orte prägten ihren Alltag und welche Spuren haben sie hinterlassen? Geht mit uns in unserem neuen #CitizenScience-Projekt auf Spurensuche und erforscht "Italien in Berlin"! Alle Infos 👉 https://lab.sbb.berlin/italien-in-berlin/

Wie lebten Menschen mit italienischen Wurzeln in #Berlin? Welche Orte prägten ihren Alltag und welche Spuren haben sie hinterlassen? Geht mit uns in unserem neuen #CitizenScience-Projekt auf Spurensuche und erforscht "Italien in Berlin"! Alle Infos 👉 https://lab.sbb.berlin/italien-in-berlin/

Elbsandsteingebirge
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1454
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#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Elbsandsteingebirge
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1454
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#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Elbsandsteingebirge
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1454
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Elbsandsteingebirge
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1454
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Elbsandsteingebirge
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1454
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

https://www.europesays.com/ie/705468/ In 2019, California researchers used 1,500 volunteers to count seals and sea lions from drone images; 11 repeated counts improved accuracy | #AccuracyOfCitizenCounts #AnimalPopulationSurveys #AñoNuevoIsland #CaliforniaResearchers #CitizenScience #DroneImagery #Éire #IE #Ireland #PlosOneStudy #Science #SealAndSeaLionCounts #VolunteerParticipation #Wildlife #Zooniverse

https://www.europesays.com/ie/705214/ In 2005, a high-school student scanning free NASA–ESA images spotted one tiny dot beside the Sun; his alert led astronomers to confirm a new sungrazing comet | #CitizenScience #CometDiscovery #Éire #IE #Ireland #NASAESACollaboration #QuanzhiYe #Science #Space #SungrazingComet

SparrowMap

https://sparrowmap.com/

> Cameras that watch government vehicles, run by volunteers, owned by nobody.

#Surveillance #Flock #SparrowMap #CitizenScience

SparrowMap

https://sparrowmap.com/

> Cameras that watch government vehicles, run by volunteers, owned by nobody.

#Surveillance #Flock #SparrowMap #CitizenScience

SparrowMap

https://sparrowmap.com/

> Cameras that watch government vehicles, run by volunteers, owned by nobody.

#Surveillance #Flock #SparrowMap #CitizenScience

SparrowMap

https://sparrowmap.com/

> Cameras that watch government vehicles, run by volunteers, owned by nobody.

#Surveillance #Flock #SparrowMap #CitizenScience

SparrowMap

https://sparrowmap.com/

> Cameras that watch government vehicles, run by volunteers, owned by nobody.

#Surveillance #Flock #SparrowMap #CitizenScience

⭐ Eclipsing binary XZ Andromedae "winks" in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The light curve was made by Ogetay Kayali with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source differential photometry tool: it identifies field stars via Gaia DR3 and VSX, fits periods and exports AAVSO-ready reports. Astrophotographers, try it on your own data!

📅 9 Sep 2026
🔗 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260909.html
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #NASA

⭐ Eclipsing binary XZ Andromedae "winks" in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The light curve was made by Ogetay Kayali with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source differential photometry tool: it identifies field stars via Gaia DR3 and VSX, fits periods and exports AAVSO-ready reports. Astrophotographers, try it on your own data!

📅 9 Sep 2026
🔗 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260909.html
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #NASA

⭐ Eclipsing binary XZ Andromedae "winks" in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The light curve was made by Ogetay Kayali with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source differential photometry tool: it identifies field stars via Gaia DR3 and VSX, fits periods and exports AAVSO-ready reports. Astrophotographers, try it on your own data!

📅 9 Sep 2026
🔗 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260909.html
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #NASA

⭐ Eclipsing binary XZ Andromedae "winks" in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The light curve was made by Ogetay Kayali with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source differential photometry tool: it identifies field stars via Gaia DR3 and VSX, fits periods and exports AAVSO-ready reports. Astrophotographers, try it on your own data!

📅 9 Sep 2026
🔗 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260909.html
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #NASA

⭐ Eclipsing binary XZ Andromedae "winks" in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The light curve was made by Ogetay Kayali with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source differential photometry tool: it identifies field stars via Gaia DR3 and VSX, fits periods and exports AAVSO-ready reports. Astrophotographers, try it on your own data!

📅 9 Sep 2026
🔗 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260909.html
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #NASA

🌌 New Zooniverse project Overlap Zoo launches with ~4,200 candidate images of galaxies that happen to overlap along our line of sight (DESI Legacy Imaging Survey). The background galaxy acts as a "cosmic flashlight" shining through the foreground one's dust, letting astronomers map how much light dust blocks. Volunteers confirm real pairs and help build the catalogue.

📅 22 Sep 2026
🔗 https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/09/22/announcing-the-overlap-zoo-project/
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Space

🌌 New Zooniverse project Overlap Zoo launches with ~4,200 candidate images of galaxies that happen to overlap along our line of sight (DESI Legacy Imaging Survey). The background galaxy acts as a "cosmic flashlight" shining through the foreground one's dust, letting astronomers map how much light dust blocks. Volunteers confirm real pairs and help build the catalogue.

📅 22 Sep 2026
🔗 https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/09/22/announcing-the-overlap-zoo-project/
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Space

🌌 New Zooniverse project Overlap Zoo launches with ~4,200 candidate images of galaxies that happen to overlap along our line of sight (DESI Legacy Imaging Survey). The background galaxy acts as a "cosmic flashlight" shining through the foreground one's dust, letting astronomers map how much light dust blocks. Volunteers confirm real pairs and help build the catalogue.

📅 22 Sep 2026
🔗 https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/09/22/announcing-the-overlap-zoo-project/
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Space

🌌 New Zooniverse project Overlap Zoo launches with ~4,200 candidate images of galaxies that happen to overlap along our line of sight (DESI Legacy Imaging Survey). The background galaxy acts as a "cosmic flashlight" shining through the foreground one's dust, letting astronomers map how much light dust blocks. Volunteers confirm real pairs and help build the catalogue.

📅 22 Sep 2026
🔗 https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/09/22/announcing-the-overlap-zoo-project/
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Space

🌌 New Zooniverse project Overlap Zoo launches with ~4,200 candidate images of galaxies that happen to overlap along our line of sight (DESI Legacy Imaging Survey). The background galaxy acts as a "cosmic flashlight" shining through the foreground one's dust, letting astronomers map how much light dust blocks. Volunteers confirm real pairs and help build the catalogue.

📅 22 Sep 2026
🔗 https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/09/22/announcing-the-overlap-zoo-project/
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Space

🔭 Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe was scanning satellite maps for a camping spot in Quebec when he noticed an odd circle near Lake Marsal. An October 2025 expedition found shatter cones: it is Uhackatik, a 25 km impact crater about 390 million years old – the largest newly found crater since Hiawatha (2018). One curious citizen's observation paid off!

📅 22 Sep 2026
🔗 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260921081101.htm
#CitizenScience #Astronomy #Science #Space