Novel way to detect signals from stellar and exoplanetary systems unveiled
Thanks to this innovation, scientists have discovered new radio bursts originating from dwarf stars and possibly from exoplanets.
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Pandora satellite launches for exoplanet observation
Tasked with studying exoplanet systems around small stars, the refrigerator-sized satellite is the first in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers program – small-scale missions designed to train early-career scientists, including Trevor Foote, Ph.D. ’24, a former member of the research group led by faculty m...
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Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts
One of the world's smallest telescopes, it is part of a series of eight terminals installed around the globe.
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Spaceflight-tested menstrual cup offers choice on long missions
To equip astronauts with health choices for future missions, a Cornell postdoctoral fellow is leading research with AstroCup, a group that recently tested two menstrual cups in spaceflight as payload on an uncrewed rocket flight.
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Portraits honor 8 Cornell faculty as ‘new heroes’
The portraits are part of a series by Christopher Michel, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s inaugural artist-in-residence.
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How to spot life in the clouds on other worlds
Cornell researchers have created the first reflectance spectra – a color-coded key – of microorganisms that live in the clouds floating above Earth’s surface.
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Is there water on an Earth-sized exoplanet? Study offers clues
TRAPPIST-1 e may have an atmosphere that could support having liquid water on the planet’s surface in the form of a global ocean or icy surface, according to new research.
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Carl Sagan Medal awarded to astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger
The award recognizes and honors outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the public.
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