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Come and watch the eclipse with astronomers from Cornell's astronomy department and the Carls Sagan Institute. Two locations:1) Fuertes Observatory on campus2) Southworth Public Library in Dryden.Eclipse start: 1:17 pmEclipse maximum: 2:38 pmEclipse end: 3:54 pmIf the day is clear, the best time will be around 2:30, but if it’s not, hope you...
/news/eclipse-viewingThousands of people will leave home and work to chase Monday's solar eclipse. Tour groups are selling out; hotels are full along the path of totality. Why bother?This eclipse doesn’t promise earth-shattering scientific discoveries. Despite passing over a huge swath of the country, it won’t intersect with any major solar observatories, such as the...
/news/solar-eclipse-offers-moon-walk-moment-science-all-rage-0Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, has been selected as the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2017 Carl Sagan Lecturer. The lecturers chosen by the AGU, said the nominating committee, “represent some of the most innovative minds in...
/news/astronomer-jonathan-lunine-give-carl-sagan-lecture-aguJune 29, 2016Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Barrie Jones Award by The Open University (OU), United Kingdom, and the Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB). The award will be presented in a ceremony on July 7 at the OU campus.The...
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