The Science Life Astronomy

Citizen scientists make cosmic discoveries with a global telescope network

The network has identified asteroids and exoplanets, and even observed major space missions

A person looks through a telescope at the night sky.

Mher Khachatryan observes the sky near Yerevan, Armenia. His telescope links him to a global network of hobby astronomers whose coordinated observations help track exoplanets, comets and asteroids.

Space42

By Hannah Richter

In January in Monterrey, Mexico, Iván Venzor was one of only a dozen people in the world to glimpse a potential Jupiter-sized planet crossing in front of a distant star.