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NASA Zooniverse Projects

Team

Research

Our first scientific paper from Shock Detectives has been published! The paper describes our citizen science methodology and the resulting aggregated dataset, which includes over 35,000 minutes of quasi-parallel and quasi-perpendicular magnetosheath classifications from NASA MMS observations.

A huge THANK YOU to all our citizen scientists who dedicated their time and effort to making this dataset possible! Your hard work has made an invaluable contribution to our research and laid the foundation for new scientific discoveries about Earth's magnetosheath. We couldn't have done it without you!

Read the paper [here](+tab+https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1986629/full).

Results

Education

Hunt for clues where the Sun’s solar wind collides with Earth’s magnetic shield.

Shock Detectives

There are two workflows. New to the project? Start with  *"Chaotic or Peaceful Classification"*. As you gain experience, try *"Mixed Classification"* to identify where these two types overlap.