The year 2024 is coming to a close, and soon we are off for the winter holidays! It was an exciting year, new technologies have been developed and integrated, new Horizon Europe projects rolling on, new team members joining SPOTTERON and so many new Citizen Science Apps and projects starting on the platform. As it is tradition, we design a nice Holiday Season card each year to say thank you.
This year's design is all about movement — we are travelling through space on our Planet at an astonishing 108,000 kilometers per hour around the sun, and it takes a full year to go once around. So — each year marks a full circle around our home star, and we are almost there for 2024 :)
Speaking of movement — in reality it is even more complex. The Sun is moving through space, too, around the massive black hole in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Due to the Sun's movement, the planets, and even the moons are in an intricate dance.
Check out this animation on YouTube, if you never heard of the "Helical model" and how our Solar System — and yourself — is constantly on a spin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHsq36_NTU
And if you are up for a little more in-depth video, here is a wonderful summary by Space Matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2GT48ZLwA
Enjoy! 🪐
We will be back after New Year's Eve, some team members a little earlier, some later. Latest on the 13th of January, everyone of the SPOTTERON team is back from the winter holidays, and we will be soon after kick-off the new year with the first Citizen Science App and feature launches.
Thank you very much for all the Citizen Science and see you in 2025!
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