NASA is asking for the public’s help in learning more about exoplanets in a citizen science program called Exoplanet Watch.

 

With new tools like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we are discovering more exoplanets than ever before and even peering into their atmospheres. Now, NASA is asking for the public’s help in learning more about some of the exoplanets that have already been detected in a citizen science program called Exoplanet Watch.

 

“With Exoplanet Watch you can learn how to observe exoplanets and do data analysis using software that actual NASA scientists use,” said Rob Zellem, the creator of Exoplanet Watch and an astrophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a statement. “We are very excited to show more people how exoplanet science is really done.”

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