http://astro.cornell.edu/ The latest news updates from the Cornell Astronomy website. en-us Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:13:03 GMT http://astro.cornell.edu/rss CakePHP info@ancientwisdompro.com http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/nasa-mars-rover-finds-mineral-vein-deposited-by-water.html PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/nasa-mars-rover-finds-mineral-vein-deposited-by-water.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/time-running-out-to-save-russian-mars-moon-probe.html By Leonard David, SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist Image Info: An artist's concept of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft nearing the Martian moon Phobos. CREDIT: Roscos... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/time-running-out-to-save-russian-mars-moon-probe.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/new-hubble-photo-shows-off-gorgeous-globular-cluster.html SPACE.com Staff Image Info: A new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows globular cluster NGC 1846, a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large M... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/new-hubble-photo-shows-off-gorgeous-globular-cluster.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/nasa-mission-to-mercury-gets-1-year-life-extension.html By Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing EditorImage Info: First high-resolution image of Mercury transmitted by the MESSENGER spacecraft (in false color, 11 narrow-band color filters). ... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/nasa-mission-to-mercury-gets-1-year-life-extension.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/jupiter-moon-s-buried-lakes-evoke-antarctica.html By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com ContributorImage Info: Europa's "Great Lake." Scientists speculate many more exist throughout the shallow regions of the moon's icy shell. ... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/jupiter-moon-s-buried-lakes-evoke-antarctica.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/faster-than-the-speed-of-light.html This Thursday, physics professors Julia Thom, Eanna Flanagan and YuvalGrossman will host a forum for the public about the recent experimentalresults suggesting faster-than-light travel by neutrinos... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/faster-than-the-speed-of-light.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/60-2.html SPACE.com Staff Image Info: CREDIT: NASA, ESA, A. van der Wel (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy), H. Ferguson and A. Koekemoer (Space Telescope Science Institute), and the CANDELS team ... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/60-2.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/mars-missions.html Failure Common Among Mars Missions (Timeline) SPACE.com Staff According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, mission controllers have a roughly two-week window to rescue the Phobos-Grunt spacecra... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/mars-missions.html http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/russia-launching-probe-to-sample-mars-moon-phobos-today.html Russia Launching Probe to Sample Mars' Moon Phobos Today by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Photo Info: An artist's concept of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft nearing the Martian moon Phobos. CRED... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://astro.cornell.edu/news/story/russia-launching-probe-to-sample-mars-moon-phobos-today.html