The iconic photograph of planet Earth from distant space – the “pale blue dot” – was taken 30 years ago. Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute and a professor of astrophysics, says that 30 years after that iconic picture we now have the technical means to spot other pale dots orbiting distant stars.
Events at Cornell include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture with Yusef Salaam; pianist Philip Carli and silent films at Cornell Cinema; astrophysicist David Stevenson, Ph.D. '76; and the 2020 Backyard Bird Count.
The iconic “pale blue dot” photograph of Earth was taken 30 years ago – Feb. 14, 1990, at a distance of 3.7 billion miles – by the NASA spacecraft Voyager 1 as it zipped toward the far edge of the solar system.
If we want to have a say in what the future looks like, scholars and policymakers need to start thinking about workplace automation far more broadly, according to a new paper co-authored by a Cornell researcher.
Cornell’s shared governance groups are considering resolutions related to the divestment of fossil fuel-related holdings from the university’s endowment.
This month marks the third anniversary of the discovery of a system of seven exoplanets known as TRAPPIST-1. Nikole Lewis, assistant professor of astronomy, is principal investigator for one of the teams investigating TRAPPIST-1.
Douglass Miller, a lecturer in food and beverage management at the SC Johnson College of Business, School of Hotel Administration comments on a new bill proposed in New York state that would implement a blanket approval at the state level for liquor-infused ice cream, in addition to the previous authorization of beer-, wine- and cider-infused frozen delicacies.
A new exhibit at Cornell University Library’s Catherwood Library, “The Other Side of the Tracks," exposes the plight of marginalized African American and women railroad workers early in the 20th century.
In new research, Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government, found that personal contact and relationship-building between police and citizens encourages a positive attitude about the country’s central authority.
