Greetings, Zooniverse!
Today we are launching a new astronomy project - Eclipsing Binary Patrol.
At Eclipsing Binary Patrol, you will help us check real data from the TESS space telescope, one target at a time. Together, we will be investigating binary stars observed by TESS and 1) check whether a particular target produces stellar eclipses; 2) verify its orbital period; and 3) ensure the target star is the true source of the detected eclipses.
As a volunteer, you'll be essential in distinguishing genuine discoveries from false signals. To get involved, visit our page on the Zooniverse platform and start classifying today at https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/vbk ... ary-patrol
Has this new NASA citizen science project sparked your interest? Consider subscribing to our NASA-Zooniverse email list to receive updates and news regarding broader NASA citizen science projects and efforts. If interested, please follow these instructions to sign up:
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Happy classifying!
- Alisa & the Zooniverse Team
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Hello Zooniverse!
Please welcome Name that Neutrino! re-launched and updated. Here is a message from the research team:
"Help us decode signals from outer space with the re-launch of Name that Neutrino! We’ve made improvements, added more videos, and translated the project into Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Dutch.
Every second, about 100 trillion neutrinos pass through your body unnoticed. At the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects these elusive particles and works to identify their astronomical origins to unlock the mysteries of the Universe. Such an undertaking requires a massive amount of data, with one terabyte of data recorded daily. Organizing the data can be labor intensive and this is where you can help!
When a neutrino interacts with a molecule in the ice, secondary charged particles emit light that creates a signal or light pattern that can be used to determine the neutrino’s energy and direction. We are asking for you to watch a short clip and pick a category for that signal. By categorizing the data, you are helping us weed through the background signals and help determine what type of particle caused that signal. Your contributions will also be compared to machine learning predictions in order to help train and improve AI algorithms.
Join us and give it a try! Visit: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... t-neutrino
Spanish: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=es
German: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=de
Italian:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=it
French: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=fr
Dutch: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=nl "
Happy classifying!
- Alisa & the Zooniverse Team
Please welcome Name that Neutrino! re-launched and updated. Here is a message from the research team:
"Help us decode signals from outer space with the re-launch of Name that Neutrino! We’ve made improvements, added more videos, and translated the project into Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Dutch.
Every second, about 100 trillion neutrinos pass through your body unnoticed. At the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects these elusive particles and works to identify their astronomical origins to unlock the mysteries of the Universe. Such an undertaking requires a massive amount of data, with one terabyte of data recorded daily. Organizing the data can be labor intensive and this is where you can help!
When a neutrino interacts with a molecule in the ice, secondary charged particles emit light that creates a signal or light pattern that can be used to determine the neutrino’s energy and direction. We are asking for you to watch a short clip and pick a category for that signal. By categorizing the data, you are helping us weed through the background signals and help determine what type of particle caused that signal. Your contributions will also be compared to machine learning predictions in order to help train and improve AI algorithms.
Join us and give it a try! Visit: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... t-neutrino
Spanish: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=es
German: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=de
Italian:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=it
French: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=fr
Dutch: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ice ... anguage=nl "
Happy classifying!
- Alisa & the Zooniverse Team
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Greetings!
I'm excited to announce the launch of a brand new astronomy project: Exoasteroids
Have you ever wondered what might happen to our solar system in a few billion years? The Sun will eventually turn into a white dwarf – a dead remnant of its current self – consuming inner planets along the way.
Looking at white dwarfs can teach us about the ultimate fate of our own solar system. We’re launching the Exoasteroids project to search for white dwarfs that change brightness. Such white dwarfs may be remnants of planetary systems still actively destroying their lingering asteroids, leading to outbursts detectable in images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope.
Please join Exoasteroids to help us find planetary remains and disintegrating asteroids in other solar systems!
To get started, visit:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/exo ... oasteroids
Has this new NASA citizen science project sparked your interest? Consider subscribing to our NASA-Zooniverse email list to receive updates and news regarding broader NASA citizen science projects and efforts. If interested, please follow these instructions to sign up:
Log in to your Zooniverse account.
Visit https://www.zooniverse.org/settings/email
Click the checkbox under “Zooniverse partner email preferences” to sign up for periodic email updates from NASA.
Finally: we invite you to check out a new, refreshed Zooniverse homepage (https://www.zooniverse.org/) that just launched. Read about the changes in this blog post -- we're excited for you to check out the new features!
Happy classifying!
Cliff & the Zooniverse Team
I'm excited to announce the launch of a brand new astronomy project: Exoasteroids
Have you ever wondered what might happen to our solar system in a few billion years? The Sun will eventually turn into a white dwarf – a dead remnant of its current self – consuming inner planets along the way.
Looking at white dwarfs can teach us about the ultimate fate of our own solar system. We’re launching the Exoasteroids project to search for white dwarfs that change brightness. Such white dwarfs may be remnants of planetary systems still actively destroying their lingering asteroids, leading to outbursts detectable in images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope.
Please join Exoasteroids to help us find planetary remains and disintegrating asteroids in other solar systems!
To get started, visit:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/exo ... oasteroids
Has this new NASA citizen science project sparked your interest? Consider subscribing to our NASA-Zooniverse email list to receive updates and news regarding broader NASA citizen science projects and efforts. If interested, please follow these instructions to sign up:
Log in to your Zooniverse account.
Visit https://www.zooniverse.org/settings/email
Click the checkbox under “Zooniverse partner email preferences” to sign up for periodic email updates from NASA.
Finally: we invite you to check out a new, refreshed Zooniverse homepage (https://www.zooniverse.org/) that just launched. Read about the changes in this blog post -- we're excited for you to check out the new features!
Happy classifying!
Cliff & the Zooniverse Team