After cruising for 205 days over 301 million miles, NASA’s InSight spacecraft – to probe beneath the surface of Mars – landed flawlessly Nov. 26. Cornell’s Don Banfield felt earthly relief.
This year's AAAS electees from Cornell include a renowned artificial intelligence researcher, an emeritus professor who studies animal migration patterns, and a food safety expert.
“Science Blender,” a podcast produced by doctoral students in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, tells the stories of the people behind the science.
Natalie Batalha, astrophysicist and planet hunter, will describe Kepler’s legacy and preview planned follow-up missions in the 2018 Carl Sagan Distinguished Lecture Dec. 5.
Forget those shepherding moons. Gravity and the odd shapes of asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Haumea can form and maintain their own rings, according new research in Nature Astronomy.
Global Grand Challenges Symposium brought together faculty, administrators and guests to discuss challenges on which Cornell should place emphasis and resources in 2019-2020.
Three new Tisch University Professors – Nicholas Abbott, Catherine Kling and Daniel Lee – were named earlier this month by the Cornell University Board of Trustees, bringing to six the total number of current faculty carrying the honor and title.
When rains fell on the arid Atacama Desert, it was reasonable to expect floral blooms to follow. Instead, the water brought death, according to an international team of planetary astrobiologists.
