Cool Shockwaves from SDO Launch

I have a feeling most of you have seen this already, but it's too cool to not post here! Its a view of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) launch. You can see that the rocket leaves a rare visible shockwave in the clouds as it passes through them. Very cool stuff!

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Clear skies!

Citizen Science and You

Citizen science needs you! Yes that's right, you! You might ask, what the heck could I do for science? The answer of course, is plenty! Thanks to the internet, there are literally dozens of 'citizen science' projects out there right now.

Citizen science enables people like our readers, who have a natural curiosity about the physical world around them, to make real contributions to real scientific projects! The reality is that often science requires massive samples of data, and you can help gather this data. Read on below for more information on which projects you might want to join.

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