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News for 2008
Planetary scientist Don Campbell named director of Cornell center that manages NSF's Arecibo Observatory
May 2, 2008
by L. Gold & B. Friedlander, Jr. (Cornell Chronicle)-- Donald B. Campbell has been appointed director of Cornell's National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) which manages the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico on behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF)...
Arecibo astronomers prepare for asteroid closeup
February 1, 2008
by L. Gold (Cornell Chronicle) -- The Arecibo Observatory will have its sights set on a newly discovered asteroid next week as the object, called 2007 TU24, passes within 1.4 lunar distances, or 334,000 miles, from Earth...
Neutron stars can be more massive, while black holes are more rare, Arecibo Observatory finds
January 25, 2008
(Cornell Chronicle) -- Neutron stars and black holes aren't all they've been thought to be...
Arecibo Radio Telescope Is Back In Business After 6-Month Spruce-Up
January 25, 2008
by H. Fountain (NY Times) -- Its future may be uncertain, but if the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico is headed into mothballs it will go there with a fresh coat of paint....
Arecibo telescope finds critical ingredients for the soup of life in a galaxy far, far away
January 25, 2008
(Cornell Chronicle) -- Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time in the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide...
Houck receives Weber award for career of instrument development
January 25, 2008
by L. Gold (Cornell Chronicle) -- James Houck, the Kenneth A. Wallace Professor of Astronomy, is the recipient of the 2008 Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation from the American Astronomical Society (AAS)...
Quirky Pulsar System Discovered at Arecibo
May 16, 2008
by Lauren Gold (Cornell Chronicle) -- An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say...
With Cornell's help, a glorious Saturn steps into the spotlight in New York City
May 2, 2008
by L. Gold (Cornell Chronicle) -- In the four years since NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn and began snapping pictures, Cassini's cameras have sent nearly 140,000 images back to researchers on Earth...
Huge Meteor Strike Explains Mars's Shape, reports Say
June 26, 2008
by K. Chang (NY Times) -- The lopsided shape of Mars may well be a result of a cataclysmic impact of a Pluto-size meteor billions of years ago...
Huge Meteor Strike Explains Mars's Shape, reports Say
June 26, 2008
by K. Chang (NY Times) -- The lopsided shape of Mars may well be a result of a cataclysmic impact of a Pluto-size meteor billions of years ago...
Mars Rover Heads to a New Crater
September 23, 2008
by K. Chang (NY Times) -- After two years exploring a half-mile-wide destination: a crater 13.7 miles wide...
Terzian honored by Armenian Academy of Sciences
October 13, 2008
by Lauren Gold. Astronomer Yervant Terzian, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and former chair of the astronomy department, received a Gold Medal from the Armenian government's Ministry of Science and Education in Yerevan, Armenia, Sept. 17.
CU hosts astronomers from around the world
October 13, 2008
by Lauren Gold. Planetary scientists from around the world descend on Ithaca Oct. 10 for the 40th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS).
Renowed Cornell astrophysicist Salpeter dies at 83
December 1, 2008
Ithaca Journal -- Edwin Salpeter, a Cornell University professor emeritus known for tackling key problems in the formation of stars and the physics of the universe and who served on influential national science-policy boards, died this week, the university announced Wednesday...
Edwin Salpeter, whose theories revolutionized astrophysics, dies at 83
December 1, 2008
Eminent astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter, a seminal figure in theoretical physics whose research encompassed black holes and missile defense systems, died Nov. 25 of leukemia at his home in Ithaca, NY. He was 83. A commemoration for Edwin Salpeter will be held on March 14, 2009 at Cornell University. Details may be found at http://astro.cornell.edu/events/salpetercommemoration/index.html
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