The Brief

NASA is allowing everyday citizens to take part in some of the agency's programs, sometimes called "citizen science" or "participatory science" projects.

The projects, 36 in total, allow volunteers and amateurs to help make thousands of important scientific discoveries, such as spotting asteroids to searching for planets beyond our solar system.

What are the NASA projects?

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To learn about each project, click here .

What you can do:

If interested, NASA said to send an email to do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with "Subscribe" in the subject. Be sure to confirm your subscription.

The Source: The information in this story comes directly from NASA, which promotes its "citizen science" or "participatory science" projects through official announcements and

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