Galaxies Across the Universe
Cornell astronomers study the history and evolution of galaxies across the universe and throughout cosmic time, using both ground- and space-based telescopes spanning the full wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Instruments designed and assembled at Cornell to explore the dusty and molecular components of the Milky Way and galaxies near and far have been integral parts of the Spitzer Space Telescope and SOFIA. Using the Arecibo telescope, the ALFALFA project is providing the first complete census of gas bearing galaxies in the local universe. Surveys conducted with the
future CCAT will discover and catalog dusty galaxies in the early-universe
Some of the research projects conducted by the Department members are:
- Surface properties of planets and satellites at radio wavelengths.
- Surface properties of comets and near earth asteroids at radio wavelength
- US Square Kilometer Array Consortium
- High resolution radar studies of the lunar polar regions
- A Deep Northern Census of Radio Pulsars- Initiating An Arecibo Multibeam Survey
- Neutron Stars, Electron Density Turbulence and Interstellar/Intergalactic Seeing
- Technology Development for the Square Kilometer Array
- Evolution of the Bow Shock in the Guitar Nebula
- Disk Scaling Relations and Their Applications as Distance Indicators
- HI in the Local Universe, Megamasers and Galaxy Evolution.,
- Atacama Project
- Observational Cosmology
- ALFALFA: the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey
- HI in Binary galaxies
- Interstellar Clouds and Planetary Nebulae
- Late Stellar Evolution and OH/IR Stars
- The design and construction of infrared and submillimeter astronomical instruments
Research Members: Cordes, Giovanelli, Haynes, Herter, Houck, Lovelace, Stacey, Terzian
