Wanted: Citizen Scientists!

This week, Mike and Jay dive into the latest space weather updates, including solar activity and geomagnetic storm forecasts, and share details about a spectacular prominence recently caught on video. We’ll guide you on when and where to spot Mars, Saturn, and Venus in the night sky, and highlight a special alignment of Saturn with the Moon. Mike describes a stunning photo of a rare red sprite captured from the ISS and introduces us to the exciting world of citizen science in astronomy. Discover how you can get involved, from processing data for NASA to hunting for exoplanets with smart telescopes. Tune in and learn how your passion for the night sky can help unlock the universe’s secrets!

Episode Links:

Lt. Col Nichole Ayers photo: https://x.com/Astro_Ayers/status/1940810789830451563

Space.com article about sprite photo: https://www.space.com/stargazing/iss-astronaut-captures-a-rare-phenomenon-from-orbit-a-giant-sprite-above-a-thunderstorm

Spritacular: https://spritacular.org

NASA Citizen Science: https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/

Einstein@Home: https://einsteinathome.org/

MilkyWay@Home: https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/

Unistellar Citizen Science Projects: https://science.unistellar.com/

Thomas Ashcraft website: https://heliotown.com/

Thomas Ashcraft profile at NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/people/thomas-ashcraft

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