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The Planetary Society reports that in the early morning of December 15 Steven Ostro passed away, he was 62.
Steven J. Ostro was an American scientist...
Version 3.1 of CIMA called Smart has been officially released. Among the new features are better support of the Mock spectrometer for ALFA observations, some new options for...
The online publication “Twincities.com” recently reported on the student’s discovery using the Arecibo Telescope.
Eminent astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter, a seminal figure in theoretical physics whose research encompassed black holes and missile defense systems, died Nov. 25 of leukemia...
Dwingeloo, the Netherlands (23 May 2008) - Yesterday, members of the EXPReS project (Express Production Real-time e-VLBI Service) conducted a live demonstration
Telescopes in Chile, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Africa and Sweden simultaneously observed quasar 3C454.3 and additional targets and streamed data to the...
An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers...
Donald B. Campbell has been appointed director of Cornell's National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), which manages the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico on
These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2001 SN263 were obtained on 2008 Feb 12 and 13. The resolution is 75m (250 feet) per pixel. Because the moons are rotating more slowly...
Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide -- two ingredients...
Neutron stars and black holes aren't all they've been thought to be. In fact, neutron stars can be considerably more massive than previously believed, and it is more difficult...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 70 astronomers gathered on Capitol Hill this week, not to talk about the demise of a major national research facility, but to plan for its scientific...
The Washington Post reports on the precarious budget situation of the obserevatory.
Prof. Mike Kelley recently asked for a meeting with Cornell President David Skorton, a meeting which subsequently occurred on Monday, August 27, to discuss the Arecibo situation...
On September 12 and 13, dozens of astronomers plan to meet in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future of the Cornell-owned and operated Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the...
New evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands has been used to rule out all but one of the ideas put forward to...
The planetary Society lends it's political power to AO.
Between June 26th and 27th four meetings took place in Arecibo and San Juan with representatives of the National Science Foundation, Dr.Wayne Van Citters, Dr. Eileen Friel,
