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Exoplanet Citizen Science

NASA’s citizen science projects welcome members of the public to work with NASA data. Collaborating with NASA scientists, volunteers known as citizen scientists have helped make thousands of important discoveries. Learn how you too can help NASA researchers search for and study worlds beyond our solar system.

  • Exoplanet Watch

    Observe transiting exoplanets with small telescopes. You do not need to own your own telescope in order to participate.

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    A child gazes into the eyepiece of a small telescope set up on a grassy lawn at night as an adult woman looks on. Other observers and telescopes are nearby.
    Attendees look through telescopes on the South Lawn of the White House during the second White House Astronomy Night on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 The second White House Astronomy Night brought together students, teachers, scientists, and NASA astronauts for a night of stargazing and space-related educational activities to promote the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
    NASA/Joel Kowsky

  • Exoplanet Explorers

    Discover new planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy.

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    Kepler telescope
    The Kepler Space Telescope
    NASA

  • Planet Hunters TESS

    Search for undiscovered worlds using data from NASA’s TESS mission.

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    Illustration of TESS sending data back to Deep Space Network antenna.
    NASA/Ames/Wendy Stenzel

  • Backyard Worlds

    Search the realm beyond Neptune for new brown dwarfs and planets.

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    Illustration with black background and a larger red sphere in the foreground and a small white-blue glowing sphere in the distance.
    Illustration of an ultracool brown dwarf with a companion white dwarf. Citizen scientist Frank Kiwy, participant in the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project, discovered 34 new ultracool dwarf binary systems in the Sun’s neighborhood.Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick

  • Planet Patrol

    Help find out which planet candidates from the TESS mission are real.

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    An artist's concept of TESS, with Earth in the background.
    TESS will look at the nearest, brightest stars to find planetary candidates that scientists will observe for years to come.
    NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Disk Detective

    Spot the disks around nearby stars where planets form and dwell.

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    Holden Disk
    This rendering of a disk around an M-dwarf star, created by citizen scientist Jonathan Holden, illustrates a finding from the Disk Detective project. (
    NASA/Jonathan Holden)

  • NASA Citizen Science

    NASA offers a range of citizen science projects; some can be done by anyone, anywhere, with just a cellphone or laptop. Check out all the ways you can work on NASA science.

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    Four young latinx students wearing solar viewing glasses and and looking up at the sun, grasping each other in a circle as if they're jumping up and down with excitement.
    Students celebrate the partial solar eclipse in April in Los Angeles, with glasses and programs provided by the Los Angeles Public Library System.
    LA Unified School District

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