Category
page 1Astronomy projects
Dyson sphere
hypothetical megastructure, originally described by Freeman Dyson
Extremely Large Telescope
major astronomical facility being constructed by the European Southern Observatory
Terrestrial Planet Finder
proposed project by NASA to construct a system of space telescopes for detecting extrasolar terrestrial planets; postponed several times and finally cancelled in 2011
Galaxy Zoo
crowdsourced astronomy project
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
long-term variability sky survey
Darwin
suggested ESA Cornerstone mission
SIM Lite Astrometric Observatory
cancelled NASA space telescope
Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory
science project

Zooniverse
Zooniverse is a global platform for people-powered research, also known as participatory science or citizen science. It is a collaboration between Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, the University of Oxford, and the University of Minnesota. It is home to some of the Internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects.
planetary protection
guiding principle in the design of an interplanetary mission, aiming to prevent biological contamination of both the target celestial body and the Earth
Planet Hunters
citizen science project to find exoplanets
Beagle 3
Cancelled Mars lander mission
The Galileo Project
international scientific research project to search for extraterrestrial intelligence or extraterrestrial technology
HiWish program
NASA program for public suggestions for MRO images
Disk Detective
citizen science project
Backyard Worlds
citizen science project