Cornell University
- Squyres Wins Carl Sagan Medal for Public Outreach
(Monday, October 5, 2009) - Report Calls Arecibo 'Uniquely Powerful' for Detecting NEOs
(Tuesday, September 29, 2009) - Space Shuttle Links 1908 Tunguska Explosion to Comet
(Thursday, June 25, 2009) - Opportunity's "Drivers" Report Research from Mars Crater
(Friday, May 22, 2009) - What to do with rotten, smelly garbage when the nearest dumpster is 100 million miles away
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) - Arecibo joins global network to create 6,000-mile telescope
(Friday, June 27, 2008) - Don Campbell named director of Cornell's National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, operator of the Arecibo Observatory
(Monday, May 5, 2008) - Superconductors to provide new levels of stability and control in large structures and satellite formations in space
(Wednesday, April 2, 2008) - First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory astronomers – a mere 7 million miles from Earth
(Friday, February 15, 2008) - Arecibo telescope finds critical ingredients for the soup of life in a galaxy far, far away
(Monday, January 21, 2008) - Neutron stars can be more massive, while black holes are more rare, Arecibo Observatory finds
(Monday, January 21, 2008) - Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche'; perilous third winter approaches
(Friday, December 21, 2007) - A spruced-up Arecibo Observatory re-opens - and spies an asteroid close to the sun
(Thursday, December 20, 2007) - Arecibo telescope's global users converge on nation's capital to plan threatened observatory's
(Monday, September 17, 2007) - New images reveal threatening conditions that two rovers face in giant Martian dust storm
(Thursday, August 30, 2007) - Arecibo Observatory astronomers will meet in Washington, Sept. 12-13, to map out scientific research for the next decade
(Monday, August 20, 2007) - Cornell and NAIC search for funding to keep Arecibo's radar alive
(Thursday, June 28, 2007) - Mercury has molten core, Cornell researcher shows
(Friday, May 4, 2007) - 'Electronic gridlock' that blocks higher temperature cuprate superconductors is imaged by Cornell researchers
(Monday, March 5, 2007) - Researchers using Arecibo Telescope discover never-before-seen pulsar blasts in Crab Nebula
(Monday, January 8, 2007) - Astronomers at Arecibo Observatory confirm asteroid 'KW4' is not a threat to Earth - at least for a thousand years
(Thursday, November 16, 2006) - Cornell statement concerning recommendations of National Science Foundation Senior Review
(Monday, November 6, 2006) - Despite significant recommended cuts from NSF for Arecibo, Cornell astronomers are optimistic about observatory's future
(Monday, November 6, 2006) - The moon's south pole: Very high resolution, radar images find rocks abundant, but no ice sheets
(Wednesday, October 18, 2006) - Opportunity's view at the rim of Victoria: 'just breathtaking'
(Friday, September 29, 2006) - Solar flares cause GPS failures, possibly devastating for jets and distress calls, Cornell researchers warn
(Wednesday, September 27, 2006) - Galaxies are born inside dark matter clumps, Cornell study of NASA Spitzer Space Telescope data shows
(Thursday, April 20, 2006) - NASA Cassini spacecraft finds evidence of football-field sized moonlets in Saturn's A ring
(Tuesday, April 4, 2006) - New Arecibo receiver triggers quiet revolution that could discover 20,000 galaxies and 1,000 pulsars
(Thursday, March 9, 2006) - Distant inferno: Cornell astronomer finds galaxies that contain massive young stars in compact, cosmic globs
(Thursday, February 16, 2006) - Milky Way's fastest pulsar is on its way out of the galaxy, astronomers find
(Thursday, February 16, 2006) - When worlds collide: Cornell astronomers investigate cosmic forces that produce new galaxies
(Wednesday, November 30, 2005) - Cassini spacecraft provides compelling evidence for patterns resembling spokes on a pinwheel in Saturn's outer ring
(Wednesday, November 9, 2005) - Squyres writes the book on Mars and the little rovers that could
(Friday, August 26, 2005) - NEAR mission images give clues to composition of asteroid Eros
(Friday, July 22, 2005) - Cornell engineer's design will mark the South Pole in 2006
(Friday, July 8, 2005) - Cornell alumnus Dan Maas '01 earns Emmy nomination for realistic Mars rover animation
(Friday, July 8, 2005) - Deep Impact wows overflow audience at Cornell's Space Sciences Building
(Thursday, July 7, 2005) - Cornell News: Houck celebrates NASA medal
(Saturday, July 2, 2005) - Cornell grad Dan Maas creates Deep Impact animations for NASA
(Thursday, June 23, 2005) - Public will watch comet collision fireworks July 4 with Cornell scientists
(Wednesday, June 22, 2005) - Lucky Spirit and even luckier Opportunity continue their odyssey beyond 1,000 Martian days
(Wednesday, June 15, 2005) - Cornell astronomers find key evidence supporting theory of quasars
(Monday, June 6, 2005) - Cornell's James Houck receives a top NASA honor for work on orbiting Spitzer telescope
(Wednesday, May 25, 2005) - NSF renews Cornell's contract for management of Arecibo Observatory
(Tuesday, April 5, 2005) - First light detected from an extrasolar planet by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
(Tuesday, March 22, 2005) - In 'bittersweet' ceremony, Hans Bethe is posthumously awarded American Philosophical Society's Benjamin Franklin Medal
(Thursday, March 10, 2005) - Hans Bethe, a titan of physics and conscience of science, dies at age 98
(Tuesday, March 8, 2005) - Spitzer Space Telescope finds bright infrared galaxies
(Wednesday, March 2, 2005) - NSF awards Cornell $18 million to develop a new source of X-rays
(Monday, February 21, 2005) - Arecibo's sensitive new eye begins massive sky survey - perhaps discovering that starless galaxies exist
(Thursday, February 3, 2005) - Four Cornell space researchers named to instrument teams for NASA's next Mars rover mission in 2009
(Wednesday, December 22, 2004) - Science Magazine names Cornell-led Mars rover mission science program as Breakthrough of the Year
(Thursday, December 16, 2004) - Conditions on vast plain on Mars could have been suitable for life
(Friday, December 3, 2004) - The eyes aboard NASA's Mars rover Spirit are delivering ground truth
(Thursday, August 5, 2004) - As Mars mission turns to remote operations, Cornell's MarsLab takes on major new role
(Saturday, July 17, 2004) - Thomas Gold, Cornell astronomer and brilliant scientific gadfly, dies at 84
(Tuesday, June 22, 2004) - Arecibo Observatory gets 7-pixel eye on the sky
(Thursday, April 22, 2004) - Cornell University Astronomer Tells Congress About Lunar Water
(Thursday, April 1, 2004) - Cornell and Caltech agree to study building of new sub-millimeter telescope on high mountain plateau in Chile
(Wednesday, March 10, 2004) - Living on Martian time: Squyres, science team leader for Mars mission, has found secret of the 25-hour day
(Tuesday, December 23, 2003) - Martian vistas: Cornell-developed panoramic camera will provide Earth with stunning red planet views
(Monday, December 22, 2003) - You can't tell a rock by its rind: How a tiny abrasion tool will help reveal geology of Mars
(Sunday, December 21, 2003) - Orbiting observatory detects organic chemistry in one of the most luminous galaxies ever found
(Friday, December 19, 2003) - Spinning spokes: Cornell scientists develop method for using rover wheels to study Martian soil by digging holes
(Friday, December 19, 2003) - No Ice at the Lunar Poles
(Wednesday, November 12, 2003) - Father of Arecibo telescope to give 40th anniversary address
(Thursday, October 30, 2003) - Father of Arecibo telescope to give 40th anniversary address
(Thursday, October 30, 2003) - Asteroid Hermes, lost for 66 years, is found to be two objects orbiting each other, astronomers using Arecibo telescope report
(Thursday, October 23, 2003) - Evidence for Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan
(Thursday, October 2, 2003) - Sixto Gonzalez named first Puerto Rico-born head of Arecibo Observatory; Daniel Altschuler to lead new outreach program
(Friday, September 26, 2003) - Cornell experts continue on standby as Mars launch is put on hold
(Monday, June 9, 2003) - Athena science payload, instruments bound for Mars aboard NASA rover, arrives at Cape Canaveral
(Wednesday, March 12, 2003) - Dutch astrophysicist awarded NASA fellowship to study data from orbiting observatory with Cornell instrument team
(Thursday, February 27, 2003) - Single molecules observed
(Thursday, January 30, 2003) - Astrophysicist Robert Brown, leader in telescope development, named to head NAIC and its main facility, Arecibo Observatory
(Tuesday, January 21, 2003) - Arecibo Observatory undergoing major changes, to be overseen by newly appointed Cornell management committee
(Friday, December 20, 2002) - Massive telescope project, Square Kilometer Array, gets federal research contract to pursue U.S. design
(Wednesday, November 13, 2002) - NASA awards N.Y. Space Grant $99,000 to train aerospace workforce
(Wednesday, October 23, 2002) - Cornell physicist James York wins coveted Heineman Prize
(Tuesday, October 8, 2002) - Cornell astronomer tells Congress it should spend $125 million for new telescope to detect Earth-threatening asteroids
(Thursday, October 3, 2002) - From Cottonbelt Festival to children's book, winning entries to NASA comet mission contest are submitted by four U.S. schools
(Tuesday, May 21, 2002) - Cornell's Terzian appeals to Congress for higher funding for nation's Space Grant program, which is facing budget cut
(Saturday, April 20, 2002) - Comet hunter Carolyn Shoemaker to speak at Cornell April 21
(Friday, April 12, 2002) - Radar reveals five double asteroid systems orbiting each other near Earth, likely formed in close encounters with planet
(Thursday, April 11, 2002) - As orbiting telescope is delivered for testing, Cornell astronomers anticipate clues to galactic mystery going back to origin of time
(Wednesday, April 10, 2002) - Why can't Johnny understand science? Question vexing researchers and
(Tuesday, February 19, 2002) - Cornell biologists aim to grow 'bugs' responsible for greenhouse gas, methane, in NSF-funded microbial observatory
(Wednesday, February 13, 2002) - NASA's comet tour challenges teachers and students to enter contest
(Tuesday, February 5, 2002) - Canis Majoris, a star that hides its brilliance, is discovered to have sand and whiskers in its eyes, Cornell astronomer reports
(Thursday, January 10, 2002) - Arecibo Observatory captures evidence of turbulence and thick gas as a possible precursor to galactic evolution
(Wednesday, January 9, 2002) - Astronomers recreate billion years in life of solar system to uncover orbital mystery of giant planets' tiny moons
(Monday, December 3, 2001) - Arecibo Observatory to receive prestigious award at Nov. 3 ceremony
(Friday, November 2, 2001) - Success of Mars Odyssey satellite puts key communications link in place for Cornell-led Rover mission in 2003
(Wednesday, October 24, 2001) - First detailed mapping of asteroid 433 Eros finds most large rocks on surface were ejected from single crater
(Wednesday, September 26, 2001) - Online physics archive that is transforming global science communication,
'arXiv.org,' is moving from Los Alamos to Cornell University
(Friday, July 20, 2001) - Instruments aboard CONTOUR spacecraft will provide first surface 'fingerprint' of comet nucleus
(Wednesday, June 13, 2001) - Cornell astronomers use the Arecibo Observatory to reveal radio beacons,
called OH megamasers, that yield galactic clues
(Tuesday, June 5, 2001) - Arecibo finds radio beacons from colliding galaxies
(Monday, June 4, 2001) - Cornell cosmologist Thomas Gold revives old debate about moon to explain
movement of dust into craters of asteroid Eros
(Monday, April 9, 2001) - Astronomers describe search for habitable planets beyond solar system as new
observatories detect molecules of life
(Monday, February 19, 2001) - Tiny silicon devices measure, count and sort biomolecules
(Thursday, February 15, 2001) - Cornell Imaging Team Hopes Close-Up Picture From Eros Landing Will Solve Puzzle Of Never-Before-Seen Surface Features
(Monday, February 5, 2001) - Cornell Researchers Turn To Telemetry And Geometry To Capture Distant Asteroid
(Monday, February 5, 2001) - Spacecraft astronomer's conclusion about star nurseries: Not much to drink and very hard to breathe
(Wednesday, January 10, 2001) - Successful satellite-hunting team finds four new moons in the far reaches of the planet Saturn
(Thursday, October 26, 2000) - Mystery of tiny asteroid Eros -- so much rock but so little gravity -- detailed in Science
(Thursday, September 21, 2000) - NASA Chooses Cornell To Lead Science Effort For Mars 2003 Mission
(Thursday, July 27, 2000) - Potentially hazardous asteroids mapped
(Thursday, June 22, 2000) - How neutron stars get their kicks
(Thursday, June 8, 2000) - NEAR shows Eros is relic of solar system birth
(Tuesday, May 30, 2000) - Radar shows giant, bone-shaped asteroid
(Thursday, May 4, 2000) - Best images yet of Jupiter's inner moons
(Monday, April 24, 2000) - U.S. astronomers meet at Arecibo to discuss spending, siting and science for mammoth-size, next-generation radio telescope
(Friday, March 3, 2000) - For the first time in 14 years, astronomers from Arizona, Cornell and Wellesley spot two 'shepherd' Uranian moons
(Thursday, March 2, 2000) - NASA gives go-ahead to Cornell-led 2002 mission to explore comets
(Wednesday, February 16, 2000) - Jupiter's massive storms powered by the planet itself, not the sun
(Wednesday, February 9, 2000) - 'Great show-off' black hole -- microquasar GRS 1915+105 -- is producing massive shock waves, Cornell astronomer reports
(Friday, January 14, 2000) - The Mars Polar Lander descent camera will capture Martian surface as never seen before
(Wednesday, December 1, 1999) - 25th anniversary of first attempt to phone E.T.
(Friday, November 12, 1999)
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