In 1992 the Department officially inaugurated a group called "Friends of Astronomy" composed mostly of Cornell alumni and friends. This has been a very happy experience with significant interaction between the department and our friends in the wider world.
Anyone with an interest in all things astronomical here at Cornell is welcome to join the Friends of Astronomy group. If interested in finding out more about the group, write to friendsofastronomy@cornell.edu.
The next Cornell Friends of Astronomy discussion is Tuesday, May 19th @ 8pm. Alex Hayes will speak on “Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System: Life as you Know It or Life as you Don’t”. The presentation will cover the discovery of liquid water oceans in our outer solar system, providing parallels to the initial exploration of our own Oceans here in earth. Alex will cover upcoming missions that are going to investigate the habitability of these oceans as well as discuss the likelihood of them having life.
The event will take place over Zoom on Tuesday May 19th from 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm EDT. There will be free time for open discussion and reminiscences by participants from 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm and further Q/A from 8:45 pm to 9:30 pm as needed. The presentation will begin promptly at 8pm.
For the Zoom link, contact friendsofastronomy@cornell.edu
We hope you will join us!