
Cornell astronomy to offer Brinson Prize
The Brinson Prize supports postdoctoral scholars in carrying out novel research in observational cosmology.
/news/cornell-astronomy-offer-brinson-prizeThe Brinson Prize supports postdoctoral scholars in carrying out novel research in observational cosmology.
/news/cornell-astronomy-offer-brinson-prizeAstronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa – one of a handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially harbor conditions suitable for life.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/09/webb-telescope-finds-carbon-source-jupiters-europaA&S Astronomy and Cornell Center for Astrophysical and Planetary Science (C-CAPS) faculty are key to “Thriving in Space,” released Sept. 12.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/09/decadal-survey-sets-agenda-biological-physical-sciences-spaceEighty-four students have been selected as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows in 2023, comprising the largest group of new fellows Cornell has ever fielded in one year.
/news/over-80-students-receive-nsf-graduate-fellowshipsResearchers have discovered a molecule that could determine the temperature and other characteristics in exoplanets.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/thermometer-molecule-confirmed-exoplanet-wasp-31bA Cornell astronomer who is part of JWST’s Early Release Science program report the first detection of hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede and sulfurous fumes on Io, both the result of Jupiter’s domineering influence.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/james-webb-space-telescope-sees-jupiter-moons-new-lightThe Riccardo Giovanelli Graduate Student Support Fund was announced July 15 at “Gas-trophysics Across the Universe.”
/news/new-support-fund-astronomy-graduate-students-announced“This was a critical meeting as we are less than two years out from anticipated first light with the facility," said project director Gordon Stacey.
/news/science-plans-telescopes-first-light-focus-ccat-consortium-meetingAnna Y. Q. Ho and others chosen will pursue science investigations that will contribute to Israel’s first space telescope mission, planned to launch into geostationary orbit around Earth in 2026.
/news/nasa-selects-cornell-astronomer-ultrasat-observatoryNASA has selected 14 U.S.-based researchers to join the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) science team, including Cornell's Dr. Anna Ho, Assistant Professor of Astronomy.
/news/nasa-selects-14-investigations-help-understand-universe-through-ultraviolet-light"Astronomers have yet to determine the cause of luminous fast blue optical transients, and the latest they have detected is raising even more questions."
/news/cow-camel-and-finch-exploded-space-what-goingFor the past six years, CCAT Observatory Inc., a nonprofit research organization formed by more than a dozen academic institutions led by Cornell University, has been developing a new telescope, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST, pronounced “feast”) and its supporting infrastructure to observe at sub-millimeter wavelengths. The infrastructure is currently under construction at an altitude of 5,600 m near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, one of the driest places on Earth. Since water vapor absorbs the wavelengths of interest, the site is arguably the best ground-based location for submillimeter observations due to its thin, ultradry atmosphere. Once complete, it will be the second highest observatory in the world.
/news/ccat-observatory-approaches-first-light“With AstroCup, what we really wanted was not only to launch the cup but to launch this conversation.”
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/space-ready-menstrual-cup-giant-leap-womankindRachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/dean-jayawardhana-named-provost-johns-hopkinsA 15-year collaboration in which Cornell astrophysicists have played leading roles has found the first evidence of gravitational waves slowly undulating through the galaxy.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/06/after-15-years-gravitational-waves-detected-cosmic-hum"Scientists say they are starting to find signs of an elusive type of rumbling through space that could be created by the biggest, baddest black holes in the universe."
/news/scientists-have-found-signs-new-kind-gravitational-wave-its-really-bigA recently discovered exoplanet may be key to solving how close a rocky planet can be to a star, and still sustain water and life.
/news/exoplanet-may-reveal-secrets-about-edge-habitabilityA recently discovered exoplanet may be key to solving how close a rocky planet can be to a star, and still sustain water and life.
/news/exoplanet-may-reveal-secrets-about-edge-habitability-0The professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
/news/honors-23-faculty-endowed-professorships“Gas-trophysics Across the Universe,” a July 15 symposium, will celebrate the work and lives of renowned Cornell astronomers Peter Gierasch and Riccardo Giovanelli.
/news/gas-trophysics-symposium-expands-work-two-cornell-astronomers“Gas-trophysics Across the Universe,” a July 15 symposium, will celebrate the work and lives of renowned Cornell astronomers Peter Gierasch and Riccardo Giovanelli.
/news/gas-trophysics-symposium-expands-work-two-cornell-astronomers-0The research aims to detect repetitive patterns, a way to search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) within our cosmic neighborhood.
/news/software-offers-new-way-listen-signals-starsThe Heising-Simons Foundation has announced the 2023 recipients of the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. Dr. Rixin Li is one of eight recipients.
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"A lot of research has delved into the planetary engulfment process, and a new study calculated one in ten evolved stars in the Milky Way will swallow Jupiter-mass planets."
Dr. Darryl Seligman is one of 59 recipients of the 2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellows.
/news/nsf-postdoctoral-fellowship-awarded-dr-darryl-seligmanA&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
/news/25m-new-frontier-grants-supports-bold-projectsThis summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
/news/nexus-scholars-program-expands-research-opportunities-101-students“These new observations are another step forward in understanding the remarkable engines and the diversity of fast radio bursts.”
/news/reversible-magnetic-field-found-around-fast-radio-burst-first-timeScientists were surprised when a NASA satellite detected that lower- and higher-energy X-rays were polarized differently, with electromagnetic fields oriented at right angles to each other.
/news/neutron-stars-x-rays-reveal-photon-metamorphosisThea McKenna is an astronomy major.
/news/i-presented-my-research-national-conferencesCornell Cinema will present a free screening of the documentary Good Night Oppy.
/news/mars-rover-documentary-screen-cornell-cinemaSchmidt was recognized for contributions to climate science, following the recent publication of surprise results about the melting of the imperiled Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
/news/britney-schmidt-named-one-times-100-most-influential-peopleResearchers discovered that the atmosphere of exoplanet HD149026b, a ‘hot Jupiter’ orbiting a star comparable to our sun, is super-abundant in the heavier elements carbon and oxygen.
/news/giant-planet-atmospheres-vary-widely-jwst-confirmsInsights from Oumuamua could advance our understanding of planet formation in this solar system and others.
/news/first-known-interstellar-interloper-resembles-dark-cometProfesslor Martha Haynes organizes monthly Zoom events led by Cornell faculty, research staff, and student experts on a variety of astronomy topics.
/news/learn-about-cosmos-cornell-astronomersScanning the first images of a well-known early galaxy taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Cornell astronomers were intrigued to see a blob of light near its outer edge.
/news/astronomers-discover-metal-rich-galaxies-early-universeA U.S.-New Zealand research team recognized a shift as evidence of “ice pumping” – a process important to the stability of the Ross Ice Shelf.
/news/robot-provides-unprecedented-views-below-antarctic-ice-shelfA yearslong effort to launch Cornell-made satellite technology into a neighboring solar system is making a terrestrial stop at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.
/news/postcards-earth-hologram-project-showcased-intrepidCornell astronomers discovered a companion galaxy estimated at 1.4 billion years old while scanning images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
/news/astronomers-discover-metal-rich-galaxies-early-universe-0Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of ancient life may not be sensitive enough to make accurate assessments, says a Cornell-led study.
/news/life-mars-better-tools-needed-get-answerFirst-of-their-kind observations beneath the floating shelf of a vulnerable Antarctic glacier reveal widespread cracks and crevasses where melting occurs more rapidly, contributing to the glacier’s retreat.
/news/underwater-robot-helps-explain-antarctic-glaciers-retreatAlberto G. Fairén led an inaugural study of a dynamic analogous Earth environment where changes can be analyzed over many years.
/news/spanish-lagoon-proposed-mars-astrobiological-time-analogThe Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope “will be able to look regularly at frequency ranges very few other telescopes can even detect."
/news/cornell-led-telescope-project-completion-sightGierasch contributed to a wealth of knowledge on the processes of planetary atmospheres and served as a team scientist on the Viking, Pioneer, Voyager, Galileo and Cassini missions for NASA.
/news/peter-gierasch-planetary-astronomer-dies-82Thanks to the first working microphone to traverse the surface of Mars, the sound of a tiny, extraterrestrial dust tornado has reached Earth.
/news/perseverance-rover-records-sound-dust-devils-marsAn observational cosmologist studying the structure, evolution and environments of galaxies, Giovanelli had broad research interests.
/news/eminent-astronomer-riccardo-giovanelli-dies-76Global Cornell will host a town hall in December for additional feedback and announce the new Global Grand Challenge theme in the coming year.
/news/cornell-global-partners-discuss-next-grand-challenge“This is the first time we see concrete evidence of photochemistry – chemical reactions initialized by energetic stellar light – on exoplanets.”
/news/webb-telescope-shows-exoplanet-atmosphere-never-seen"Close-ups of Jupiter and its gorgeous cloud-tops star in the latest batch of images sent back from NASA’s Juno orbiter."
/news/photos-see-giant-planet-jupiter-looking-its-best-new-images-just-back-nasas-juno-spacecraftZe-Wen Koh plans to pursue a doctorate in planetary science after graduation.
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