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Choose a Project Below and Do NASA Science!
These 38 NASA science projects below are open to everyone (no citizenship required). Through these projects, sometimes called "citizen science" or "participatory science" projects, volunteers and amateurs have helped make thousands of important scientific discoveries. Join NASA researchers and discover the secrets of the universe, search for life elsewhere, and protect and improve life on Earth and in space! NEW: Join our Do NASA Science email list! We'll send you monthly updates with news and new projects you can be a part of. Send an email to do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with “Subscribe” in the subject. Be sure to confirm your subscription.
How does life that’s evolved here on Earth react to the radiation-rich, gravity-poor environment of space? It’s an important question…
Rubin Comet Catchers invites you to join this historic search by helping identify rare objects like water-bearing comets and asteroids…
Map the Moon’s Molten Flows using images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. For anyone with a laptop.
What you'll do Get a first peek at animals (wolves, red fox, elk, etc.) moving through the wilds of Wisconsin.…
Learn More Visit the project website to learn about the formation of smog, the goals of the OWWL project, and…
Photograph clouds just after sunset or before dawn to investigate our changing atmosphere. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
Classify images of galaxies taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
Northeasterners: Help scientists measure snow on the ground using your phone! For anyone in the Catskills or Adirondacks region.
What you’ll do Take and share images with your own telescope - or one you borrow from your local library…
Search space telescope images for white dwarfs that flash as they devour asteroids. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
Map cloud formations in images of the Martian atmosphere. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
Examine space telescope data to find special rare pairs of stars. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
What you’ll do View sequences of images from NASA’s WISE telescope and learn how to recognize faint moving objects in…
Help decipher signals of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most energetic and mysterious explosions in the universe!
The Chesapeake Bay, our nation's largest estuary and home to Maryland’s famous blue crabs, faces threats from runoff, pesticides, population…
The freshwater ice on which Arctic ecosystems and communities depend is changing–with major implications for residents’ safety. The Fresh Eyes…
Larry Dodd, K4LED, shares a 24/7 livestream view of the output from his radio observatory in Georgia, USA. This clip…
Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) are colorful, bright, faster-than-lightning flashes that thunderstorms generate above the clouds. The Spritacular project invites photographers…
What you'll do Share information on landslides you see or read about in the news! Be part of a global…
Telescopes located in Hawaii and elsewhere continuously scan the sky in search of near-Earth asteroids – small, irregular, rocky objects…
Choose from several different projects to help scientists learn about planet Earth. For anyone with a smartphone. Kid friendly!
Discover asteroids and other small objects in the solar system. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
Use your telescope to observe planets beyond our solar system. Unistellar telescope required.
Search for comets in data from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission using new web tools.
Look back in time to the early universe using light from distant galaxies! As a Redshift Wrangler, you’ll examine data…
What you'll do Use your smartphone to report what’s falling where you are: rain, snow, or mixed precipitation. Read monthly…
If you are lucky enough to visit Antarctica as a tourist or guide, Fjord Phyto wants you to gather water…
The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) is a platform for amateur radio operators and enthusiasts to use their skills…
When exoplanets pass between us and their stars, the stars’ light dims just a bit. Scientists call the passage of…
Dark Energy Explorers are creating the largest and most detailed map yet of galaxies in the early universe. They need…
Some astronomers think there may be a large planet at the fringes of our solar system - a world they…
Auroras, sometimes called “northern lights” or “southern lights," are mesmerizingly beautiful. To scientists, auroras are also the visible manifestation of…
This project uses the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth to search for evidence of civilizations in the galaxy.…
Inspect images to find comet-like objects hiding in the asteroid belt. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop.
Get to know the people of Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists and Satellites!
Some stars are surrounded by disks - vast spinning clouds of gas, dust, and chunks of rock where planets form…
What you’ll do Learn to recognize the telltale pattern of clouds in graphed data collected by the Mars Climate Sounder…
Other Citizen Science Projects NASA Has Supported
Planet Hunter Tess
Search for planets outside our solar system using data from NASA’s TESS mission. For anyone with a smartphone or laptop. Read Project Summary
Citizen CATE 2024
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Eclipse Megamovie
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics
Find and track penguin colonies. For anyone with a laptop.
Eclipse Soundscapes
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Jovian Vortex Hunter
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
NeMO-Net
Play an iPad game and classify coral reefs by painting images of coral. For anyone with an iPad. Kid friendly!
Solar Jet Hunter
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Soundscapes to Landscapes
Live in Sonoma County, CA? Investigate biodiversity by recording the sounds of bird calls.
SunSketcher
This project is not currently seeking volunteers. Read Project Summary
Community Snow Observations
Near snow? Measure the depth with a ruler and report it with a smartphone to aid climate modeling and avalanche safety.
MoonDiff
Compare 1960s images to modern ones to spot changes in the Moon. For anyone with a laptop.
How Can I Get Involved with NASA Science? We Asked a NASA Expert
Want to do real NASA science? You can. Right now, dozens of NASA projects need your help. From spotting asteroids to searching for planets beyond our solar system, and so much more, there are projects for everyone. And you don’t need a PhD to get involved, just your curiosity!