Checking the blogs at some citizen science projects:
* Moon Zoo:
- A review of the goals of the project: Moon Zoo Science Goals – Moon Zoo – March.4.13
- This older post has an interesting discussion of how strings of craters can be created: Crater Chains – Moon Zoo – Aug.30.10
- A video on the development of online community type projects: Planet Hunters: An Online Community – Planet Hunters – March.2.13
- An answer to the question of whether sunspots can produce simliar affect as the transit of a planet across the face of a star: Starspots and Transits – Planet Hunters – Feb.11.13
* Galaxy Zoo:
- The latest Galaxy Zoo hangout dealt with the Hertzsprung-Russell plot, the Initial Mass Function (IMF), and called Stellar Population Synthesis (SPS): Jargon Alert: Your IMF Just Messed With My SPS! – Galaxy Zoo – Mar.8.13
* Planet Four :
- A discussion of the color filtering used with the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and how it creates images different that you would see in person: Let’s talk about color – Planet Four Blog – March.5.13
- A description of Martian days and years: Martian Timekeeping – Planet Four Blog – Feb.11.13