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Citizen Science: Catch Solar Bursts In New Citizen Science Project

By Andee Sherwood posted 05-28-2025 11:15

  

Check out the following information for a citizen science project shared by the European Space Agency via Zooniverse. 

"Help us uncover the secrets of the Sun! Our Solar Orbiter spacecraft has been watching the Sun since February 2020. With five years’ worth of data waiting to be explored, it’s time to dig in. The new ‘Solar Radio Burst Tracker’ Zooniverse project is ready for you.

Every day, the Sun blasts bursts of radio waves into space. These bursts are picked up by Solar Orbiter’s Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument.

Five years of RPW data have now been divided into six-hour chunks, resulting in 15 000 radio wave graphs ready for scrutiny – far too many for one scientist alone.:"

Learn more here:  : ‘Solar Radio Burst Tracker’

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