• astronomy - Research - STEM

    Euclid Galaxy Zoo

    August 6, 2024

    Help us classify the shapes of galaxies. Galaxy Zoo Euclid is now LIVE at Zooniverse – Be the first to see these images from the Euclid space telescope. And I’m proud to say, I’m once again taking part in helping with classifications for a new Zooniverse project. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope launched in July 2023. Euclid has been designed to look at a much larger region of sky than the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope, meaning it can capture a wide range of different objects all in the same image – from…

  • NASA - Research - STEM

    Zooniverse – Solar Jet Hunters

    April 9, 2024

    The Zooniverse project I started the other day, was a smaller one which ran out of current data, so this morning I began my third one, Solar Jet Hunters. It's something right up my alley, since I've always been strongly attracted to solar research. In fact, if I could start a new career in astrophysics, this would wind up being my course of study. And what timing, since we just had a North American solar eclipse on Monday...

  • History - WWII

    New Zooniverse Project

    April 4, 2024

    After completing the last Zooniverse project, Star Notes, I decided to begin another - WWII Army Separation Notices. While quite a departure from astronomy to history, it's still an interest near and dear to my heart. As many of you know, I began researching my father's WWII history approximately twenty years ago.