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Rain fails to dampen emotion and nostalgia of 40th birthday event at Arecibo Observatory
November 6, 2003
Cornell Chronicle
By David Brand and Linda Grace-Kobas
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico The rains sheeted down and the thunderheads clapped over Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico Saturday, Nov. 1, while inside, the nostalgia and emotion flowed in equal torrents ...
For more information on the Arecibo Observatory and its 40th anniversary, visit this Web site: http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Arecibo40/.
Arecibo was product of Cold War competition, says pioneering scientist
November 13, 2003
Cornell Chronicle
By Linda Grace-Kobas
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico -- Although the giant Arecibo telescope is recognized today as the world's largest and most sensitive single-dish instrument for radio astronomy, it actually was built for research into the Earth's upper atmosphere.....
Asteroid Hermes, lost for 66 years, is found by Arecibo's telescope
November 6, 2003
Cornell Chronicle
An asteroid that has eluded astronomers for decades turns out to be an unusual pair of objects traveling together in space, a planetary scientist using the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory radio telescope and his colleagues report.....
Four from Cornell elected fellows of AAAS, world's largest science group
November 6, 2003
Cornell Chronicle
Four members of the Cornell faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They are among 348 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year.....
CU-led team detects evidence of hydrocarbon lakes on Saturn moon
October 9, 2003
Cornell Chronicle
By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.
The smog-shrouded atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has been parted by Earth-based radar to reveal the first evidence of liquid hydrocarbon lakes on its surface.....
Orbiting observaory detects organic chemistry in one of the most luminous galaxies ever found
December 22, 2003
Ithaca, NY -- Borrowing a page from the Superman legend, astronomers have used the infrared vision of an orbiting telescope to penetrate the universe's obscuring dark mass and bring it into cosmic clarity....
CU's Jim Bell gets best shot yet of Mars from Hubble
October 2, 2003
Cornell Chronicle
By Kate Becker
The August "close encounter" of Mars with Earth -- the red planet's nearest approach to Earth in 60,000 years -- was observed by thousands of backyard astronomers through binoculars and small telescopes.....
To see Bell's image in high resolution, go to http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2003/22/image/i.
Arecibo finds no signs of thick ice at lunar poles, despite previous data
December 16, 2003
Cornell Chronicle By David Brand Despite evidence from two space probes in the 1990s, radar astronomers say they can find no signs of thick ice at the moon's poles....
Mars ho! Rover Spirit heads for a Jan. 3 landing on the red planet
December 16, 2003
Cornell Chronicle By Blaine P. Friedlander, Jr. After a six-month journey through space, Spirit, the first of the twin Mars rovers, is scheduled to bounce down on the red planet's Gusev Crater Jan. 3, 2004, at about 11:35 p.m. EST....
Mars missions leader has found the secret of the 25-hour day
December 16, 2003
Cornell Chronicle By Kate Becker Steven Squyres, the principal investigator for the science instruments aboard the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers, juggles his commitments to the four space missions he is actively involved in, as well as to his teaching and advising duties, with an energetic ease that makes some wonder if he has found the secret to a 25-hour day.....
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