Weiss teaching awards honor 10 exceptional faculty
Prof. Lisa Katlenegger and 9 other Cornell faculty members will receive Stephen H. Weiss Awards honoring excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Congratulations, Lisa!
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Recycling of tectonic plates a key driver of Earth’s oxygen budget
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Cornell scientists to join team for live volcanic eruption
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Schmidt: Exploring Earth's oceans to reach Europa
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Spectrum reveals extreme exoplanet is even more exotic
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'Planet confusion' could slow Earth-like exoplanet exploration
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Where Aliens Could Be Watching Us
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COVID-19 & Reactivation Planning 
Detected: 1,652 radio bursts from 3 billion light-years away
An international team of astronomers including Cornell researchers have detected 1,652 independent millisecond explosions – called fast radio bursts, or FRBs – over a period of only 47 days.
Surviving a star’s demise: Discovery adds proof of planetary resilience
Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute, comments on the discovery of MOA-2010-BLG-477Lb, a Jupiter-sized planet that survived its star’s death.
Schmidt: Exploring Earth's oceans to reach Europa
Britney Schmidt is in Antarctica with a small team of researchers to explore the confluence of glaciers, floating ice shelves and ocean using a submarine robot called Icefin – the first mission of its kind.
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Founded to find life in the universe
The Carl Sagan Institute was founded in 2015 at Cornell University to find life in the universe and explore other worlds – how they form, evolve and if they could harbor life both inside and outside of our own Solar System.