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Juno captured this image of Io during Perijove 57.

Io’s Volcanoes are Windows into its Hot Interior

Artist's conception of Kraken Mare on Titan

Oceans on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, likely have tiny waves

This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the edge of the Martian South Pole Layered Deposit. The stack of fine layering is highlighted by the rays of the polar sun.

Don't get your hopes up for finding liquid water on Mars

2 Years on Mars - Interview with Alex Hayes

Interview: Cornell astronomer Alex Hayes

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Spacecraft Image Center brings universe to NYS

Cornell graduate students start “Astronomy on Tap” chapter

Cornell scientists drive breakthrough astronomy

Interview: the scientists behind the Perseverance rover on Mars

Space-themed event in Waterloo invites community to explore moon, Mars missions

America risks losing its role as a space science pioneer

Astronomers discover new “quasi-Moon” orbiting Earth until 2083

Meet 2025 PN7, the tiny asteroid traveling with Earth like a second moon

NASA embraced diversity. Trump’s DEI purge is hitting space scientists hard

Will Earth have 2 moons orbiting it? Astronomers explain the 'quasi-moon'

Space science is under threat from the anti-DEI purge

Space science is under threat from the anti-DEI purge

Employee Celebration delivers big win and warm gathering

Employee Celebration delivers big win and warm gathering

Changemaker Award goes to SPIF and Zoe Learner Ponterio

Girl Scouts’ Beyond program expands access to LGBTQ+ youth camp during Pride Month

Cornell Speaker to Speak to Binghamton Families About NASA's Artemis Mission at Public Library

Broome County Public Library to host ‘NASA’s Artemis Mission to the Moon’

BC Public Library celebrates NASA’s upcoming mission

Lake under Mars ice cap unlikely

Lake under Mars ice cap unlikely

Simulations dampen excitement about liquid water on Mars

Simulations dampen excitement about liquid water on Mars

New research finds lake under Mars ice cap unlikely

New research finds lake under Mars ice cap unlikely

Is there really a huge subsurface lake near Mars' south pole?

Is there really a huge subsurface lake near Mars' south pole?

Don't get your hopes up for finding liquid water on Mars

Don't get your hopes up for finding liquid water on Mars

A&S honors 10 faculty with endowed professorships

A&S honors 10 faculty with endowed professorships

Surface properties of the seas of Titan as revealed by Cassini mission bistatic radar experiments

Surface properties of the seas of Titan as revealed by Cassini mission bistatic radar experiments

New analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan’s seas

New analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan’s seas

Oceans on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, likely have tiny waves

Oceans on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, likely have tiny waves

Discoveries on Titan's seas reveal mysterious tidal currents

Discoveries on Titan's seas reveal mysterious tidal currents

Before plunging to its death, NASA's Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn's moon Titan

Before plunging to its death, NASA's Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn's moon Titan

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon

Cornell astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating

Cornell astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating

Planetary scientists create global map of volcanic hotspots on Ion

Planetary scientists create global map of volcanic hotspots on Ion

Io’s volcanoes are windows into its hot interior

Io’s volcanoes are windows into its hot interior

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon

Polar volcanoes on Jupiter’s fiery moon Io unlock mysteries of tidal heating

Polar volcanoes on Jupiter’s fiery moon Io unlock mysteries of tidal heating

Cornell scientists prepare for the launch of flagship NASA mission to investigate one of Jupiter’s moons?

Cornell scientists prepare for the launch of flagship NASA mission to investigate one of Jupiter’s moons

Scientists supporting mission to assess Europa’s habitability

Scientists supporting mission to assess Europa’s habitability

Cornell honors Sagan’s 90th birthday with celebration of science

Cornell honors Sagan’s 90th birthday with celebration of science

Sagan celebrated for scientific mind – and imagination

Sagan celebrated for scientific mind – and imagination

How did Saturn get its rings?

How did Saturn get its rings?

2 Years on Mars - Interview with Alex Hayes

Interview: Cornell Astronomer Alex Hayes

Dancing Dust on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Dancing Dust on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance poses in a planetary selfie last September with the formation known as “Rochette.”

Rock stars on Mars: Students look for life on big red planet

INTERVIEW: Cornell’s Alex Hayes discusses the Mars Rover

INTERVIEW: Cornell’s Alex Hayes discusses the Mars Rover

The nation's top planetary scientists have proposed exploring the frozen ocean world of Encedalus, a moon of Saturn.

Cornell-chaired panels advocate Uranus, Enceladus missions

Léa Bonnefoy, planetary scientist (29 years old)

The 2022 list of 30 new faces

Doctoral student Abhinav Jindal, standing in front of a Rosetta mission image of Comet 67P, modeled the evolution of smooth terrain on that frozen world.

Cornell scientists show how terrain evolves on an icy comet

How did Saturn get its rings and tilt?

Saturn's rings could have come from a destroyed moon named Chrysalis

This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the edge of the Martian South Pole Layered Deposit. The stack of fine layering is highlighted by the rays of the polar sun.

Layering, not liquid: Astronomers explain Mars’ watery reflections

Léa Bonnefoy ‘15, a post-doctoral researcher, led a team of Cornell scientists to characterize the Dragonfly mission's landing site on Saturn’s moon Titan. The rotorcraft is expected to launch in 2027 and reach that moon in 2034.

Scientists depict Dragonfly landing site on Saturn moon Titan

The Martian south pole as seen by the Mars Express orbiter

Shimmering 'Lakes' Under The South Pole of Mars Might Be Something Else Entirely

Left: mosaic of the incidence-angle-corrected SAR swaths within the ROI. Right: geomorphological map of the ROI.

Scientists depict Dragonfly landing site on Saturn moon Titan

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The Water-Lakes-on-Mars Debate Just Got More Interesting

An illustration of the Dragonfly probe. (NASA/JHU-APL)

NASA Is Sending a Rotorcraft to Titan in 2027. Here's Where It Will Land.

The bright spots have been interpreted as water - but could it be clay? (Image: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Mysterious reflections on Mars might come from something stranger than water

NASA JPL Mission Control Room During Curiosity Landing

Survey Results Point Out Lack Of Diversity In Planetary Science Workplace

Evidence grows that there might not be an underground lake surrounded by shallow pools near Mars’ south polar ice cap (shown in this 2015 image from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter).

Mars’ buried ‘lake’ might just be layers of ice and rock

Citizen scientists Kevin M. Gill and Fernando Garcia Navarro created this colorful, highly artistic view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, taken from JunoCam on the Juno mission’s close flyby Sept. 29. JPL/NASA released this image on Oct. 6.

Juno’s new views heighten Europa Clipper excitement

An artist's impression of the Dragonfly helicopter in flight over Titan. (Image credit: Johns Hopkins APL)

NASA's Titan Dragonfly will touch down on a field of dunes and shattered ice

The buried lake of Mars could just be layers of ice and rock.

Signs of Water on Mars Might Actually Be an Indication of Something Else

Correlations between regions with high mass-loss rates and observed activity on comet 67P

Topographically influenced evolution of large-scale changes in the smooth terrains of comet 67P/C-G

Dancing debris, moveable landscape shape Comet 67P

Astronomers estimate Titan’s largest sea is 1,000 feet deep

Infrared image of Saturn's moon Titan

Saturn’s Bizarre Moon Titan Has A Lake Deep Enough For A Robot Submarine To Explore

Cleaning the Mastcam-Z cameras prior to launch

Perseverance’s zoom cameras to take historic focus on Mars

Radar images of Titan's largest lakes

Titan’s Largest Methane Lake May Be One Thousand Feet Deep

In this illustration of its descent to Mars, the spacecraft containing NASA’s Perseverance rover slows down in the Martian atmosphere

Raring to rove: Perseverance to land at Mars on Feb. 18

Perseverance rover with its Mastcam-Z instrument on Mars

Cornell-led team on Mars Rover Perseverance camera ready to start exploring

Artist's conception of Kraken Mare on Titan

Seven Hundred Leagues Beneath Titan’s Methane Seas

Artist's conception of Titan's surface

Titan’s largest crater might be the perfect cradle for life

Dozens of oil tankers and commercial cargo ships line up at Great Bitter Lake to enter the Suez Canal in this March 25 satellite image provided by Ursa Space.

Cosmos unveils space-tech business, science opportunities

Infrared maps of Titan's surface

Saturn Probe Data Reveal Impressive Depth of Titan’s Largest Sea

Infrared maps of Titan's surface

Titán, se inicia la exploración de los mares de otro mundo

Mars’ south pole – which looks like creamy swirls in cappuccino – is an icy cap with carbon dioxide and other geologic traits. About a mile below the cap is smectite, a hydrated version of clay

Mars’ bright south pole reflections may be clay – not water

Dragonfly is a quadcopter drone that will explore Saturn's moon Titan

Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals

Students’ satellite mission explores earliest universe

Students’ satellite mission explores earliest universe

A radar image from the Cassini spacecraft of Titan’s liquid methane and ethane rivers and tributaries.

Titan’s river maps may advise Dragonfly’s sedimental journey

An artist’s rendering of the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Image credit: Benjamin de Bivort, debivort.org / CC BY-SA 3.0

Scientists create maps of Titan’s hydrocarbon rivers and tributaries

This image, taken from the flyby on May 28, 2008, shows the border of Xanadu as the bright-dark boundary running from the upper left to lower right

A map of River Beds on Titan for Dragonfly to Explore

Dancing debris, moveable landscape shape Comet 67P

Dancing debris, moveable landscape shape Comet 67P

Scientists Search for Deltas on Saturn’s Largest Moon

Search for deltas on Titan

'Pale Blue Dot' shines anew in Carl Sagan Institute video to mark iconic photo's 30th anniversary

'Pale Blue Dot' shines anew in Carl Sagan Institute video to mark iconic photo's 30th anniversary

Model of Mars Rover in the Space Sciences Building

Big Red Taking On the Red Planet: The History of Cornell’s Mars Exploration

Dr. Sam Birch

Cornell linked to three 51 Pegasi b astronomy postdocs

A river on Titan

Titan’s missing river deltas and an Earthly climate connection

The Perseverance Rover Camera Mast

Mars Perseverance to deliver ‘first zoom cameras’ to another world

A river on Titan

Cornellians help NASA zoom in on red planet

Shelter in Space

Cornell's SPIF supports distance learning: Interview with Zoe Learner Ponterio

Lea Bonnefoy

Postdoc honored by L’Oreal, UN for innovative research

Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey

Hayes, Lunine to chair Planetary Science 10-year survey panels

Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey

The Bathymetry of Moray Sinus at Titan's Kraken Mare

Titan’s oddly thick atmosphere may come from cooked organic compounds

Titan’s oddly thick atmosphere may come from cooked organic compounds

Built to last 90 days, Mars rover Opportunity ends mission after 15 years

Built to last 90 days, Mars rover Opportunity ends mission after 15 years

Moravia students ‘explore’ Mars

Moravia students ‘explore’ Mars

Merged satellite, ground data may forecast volcanic eruptions

Merged satellite, ground data may forecast volcanic eruptions

Cassini’s last Titan flyby reveals deep methane lakes, Earth-like cycles

Cassini’s last Titan flyby reveals deep methane lakes, Earth-like cycles

The Habitability of Titan and its Ocean

The Habitability of Titan and its Ocean

Cornell celebrates Apollo 11’s golden anniversary July 16-20

Cornell celebrates Apollo 11’s golden anniversary July 16-20

Explosive nitrogen created craters that pock Saturn moon Titan

Explosive nitrogen created craters that pock Saturn moon Titan

Mars Rover Lead Prof. Steve Squyres To Leave Cornell for Bezos’s Blue Origin

Mars Rover Lead Prof. Steve Squyres To Leave Cornell for Bezos’s Blue Origin

To the moon and beyond

To the moon and beyond - A SPIF Art Exhibit

To the moon and beyond

The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed

Cornell contributes to STEM ed across county

Cornell contributes to STEM ed across county

School kid scientists propose experiments for International Space Station

School kid scientists propose experiments for International Space Station

From fish DNA to Mars: STEM programs inspire kids across NYS

From fish DNA to Mars: STEM programs inspire kids across NYS

Never-before-seen dunes on Pluto spotted in New Horizons images

Never-before-seen dunes on Pluto spotted in New Horizons images

Sputnik discusses Pluto's dunes with Assistant Professor of Astronomy Alexander G. Hayes

Sputnik discusses Pluto's dunes with Assistant Professor of Astronomy Alexander G. Hayes

5 things we've learned about Saturn since Cassini died

5 things we've learned about Saturn since Cassini died

The seas of Titan communicate with each other

The seas of Titan communicate with each other

Topographic map reveals Titan's highs and lows

Topographic map reveals Titan's highs and lows

Cassini finds Saturn moon has 'sea level' like Earth

Cassini finds Saturn moon has 'sea level' like Earth

Saturn's moon Titan has Earth-like features

Saturn's moon Titan has Earth-like features

Now You See Them: 'Magic Islands' Appear on Saturn's Moon Titan

Now You See Them: 'Magic Islands' Appear on Saturn's Moon Titan

Titan’s Lakes May Fizz with Nitrogen

Titan’s Lakes May Fizz with Nitrogen

Saturn's rings may be BILLIONS of years younger than thought: Cassini data suggests they formed at the same time as dinosaurs roamed Earth

Saturn's rings may be BILLIONS of years younger than thought: Cassini data suggests they formed at the same time as dinosaurs roamed Earth

Downselect: NASA narrows future mission destination to comet 67P or Titan

Downselect: NASA narrows future mission destination to comet 67P or Titan

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

Cassini spacecraft will crash into saturn bringing a spectacular end to its epic mission

Cassini spacecraft will crash into saturn bringing a spectacular end to its epic mission

Farewell Cassini NASAs Saturnian spacecraft waves goodbye for its Grand Finale

Farewell Cassini! NASA's Saturnian spacecraft waves goodbye for its Grand Finale

Cornell played large scientific role on Cassini mission

Cornell played large scientific role on Cassini mission

Cornellians see Cassini mission end in a cosmic blaze of glory

Cornellians see Cassini mission end in a cosmic blaze of glory

NASAs Saturn probe Cassini is sending its last images to Earth before it meets its end today

NASA's Saturn probe Cassini is sending its last images to Earth before it meets its end today

Hayes, Kinzler recognized by World Economic Forum

Could these three moons help us find life beyond Earth?

Hayes, Kinzler recognized by World Economic Forum

Hayes, Kinzler recognized by World Economic Forum

12 Years Later Scientists Remember Epic Landing on Saturn Moon Titan

12 Years Later, Scientists Remember Epic Landing on Saturn Moon Titan

The FIZZING lakes and seas of Earths toxic twin Titan revealed- NASA study finds the surface of Saturn's moon erupts like a soda bottle

The FIZZING lakes and seas of Earth's 'toxic twin' Titan revealed: NASA study finds the surface of Saturn's moon erupts 'like a soda bottle'

First glimpse of an alien world- Nasa finally shares stunning footage of its 2005 landing on Saturns moon Titan

First glimpse of an alien world: Nasa finally shares stunning footage of its 2005 landing on Saturn's moon, Titan

Cassini sails by Saturns moon Titan for last time

Cassini sails by Saturn's moon Titan for last time

Expecting the Unexpected on Saturns Moons

Expecting the Unexpected on Saturn's Moons

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Have We Seen Evidence of Titan's Catastrophic Methane Downpours?

John Kelland Receives Award

Team member John Kelland receives The 2017 Cranson and Edna B. Shelley Undergraduate Research Award.
View related abstract (pdf).

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Titan is gorges: Moon features steep, liquid-filled canyons

TEDx Talk on Ocean Worlds

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NASA's Unexplained Files, The Moon's Greatest Mysteries and
Revenge of the Fireflies

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Could Saturn's moon Titan support alien life?
(Fox News, August 2016)

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Sailing the Grand Canyons of Titan
(Planetary Radio August 2016)
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Saturn’s moon Titan has deep canyons flooded with liquid methane
(Washington Post, August 2016)

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Deep, Flooded Canyons Found on Saturn's Moon Titan
(Space.com, August 2016)

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Alex Hayes to receive Zeldovich Medal

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Mars 2020 mission: Students survey rover landing sites (Cornell Chronicle, May 2016)

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NASA explores Saturn Moon's Magic Islands (CNN)

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Surf's up on Saturn's 'geologically active' moon Titan (Cornell Chronicle, March 2016)

Team member Samuel Birch awarded 2015 NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship to study the formation and evolution of Titan's lakes and seas.

Scientists Map Titans Lakes, Revealing Clues to their Origins - American Geophysical Union, December 2015

Scientists Map Titan's Lakes, Revealing Clues to their Origins (American Geophysical Union, December 2015)

Researcher Feature - Cornell Research, November 2015

Researcher Feature (Cornell Research, November 2015)

Saturns Moon, Titan: An Explorer's Utopia - Cornell Research, November 2015

Saturn's Moon, Titan: An Explorer's Utopia (Cornell Research, November 2015)

Secrets from Titan's Seas

Secrets from Titan's Seas (Astronomy Magazine, October 2015)
Website feature (Astronomy Magazine Site, October 2015)

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Titan: Exploring Saturn's Moon (MOVA International, October 2015)

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Cornell Rewind: Exploring Our World and Beyond (Cornell Chronicle, September 2015)

Water on Mars Article

Water On Mars: Does it Matter? (Cornell Daily Sun, September 2015)

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First Look at Pluto Marvels Scientists (Time Warner Cable News, July 2015)

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Cornell scientists to aid mission to mysterious moon of Jupiter (Ithaca Voice, May 2015)

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Europa Imaging System (EIS) Selected to Fly on Upcoming Europa Mission (Cornell Chronicle, May 2015)

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Where water flows in our Solar System (Berliner Zeitung, January 2015)

Messenger - Cassini Landmark Discoveries of 2014 - NASA Spaceflight, December 2014

Messenger - Cassini Landmark Discoveries of 2014 (NASA Spaceflight, December 2014)

Science Graphic of the Week - Wired, December 2014

Science Graphic of the Week (Wired, December 2014)

Titans Giant Dunes Track Ancient Climate - Nature, December 2014

Titan's Giant Dunes Track Ancient Climate (Nature, December 2014)

Spacecraft spots probable waves on Titans seas - Science Magazine, December 2014

Spacecraft spots probable waves on Titan's seas (Science Magazine, December 2014)

Cassini Reveals Incredible vanishing Magic Islands on Saturns largest moon - CSM, November 2014

Cassini Reveals Incredible vanishing "Magic Islands" on Saturn's largest moon (CSM, November 2014)

Now You See Them: Magic Islands Appear on Saturns moon Titan - National Geographic, November 2014

Now You See Them: "Magic Islands" Appear on Saturn's moon Titan (National Geographic, November 2014)

DPS Press Release: Cassini Reveals the Depths and Dynamic Nature of Titans Lakes/Seas Kraken Anamoly

DPS Press Release: Cassini Reveals the Depths and Dynamic Nature of Titan's Lakes/Seas

DPS Press Conference SlideDeck (November 2014)
NASA Feature Story (November 2014)
JPL Feature Story (November 2014)
NASA Image Release: Kraken Depths (November 2014)
NASA Image Release: Kraken Magic Islands (November 2014)

Cornell Daily Sun Article October 2014

Cornell Daily Sun Article (October 2014)

Magic Island Mysteriously Reappears on Saturns Moon Titan - NBC News, September 2014

'Magic Island' Mysteriously Reappears on Saturn's Moon Titan (NBC News, September 2014)

6 Crazy Cool Things Cornell Professors Do - Ithaca Voice, August 2014

6 Crazy Cool Things Cornell Professors Do (Ithaca Voice, August 2014)

Titans Magic Island Appeared Mysteriously From the Depths - Seeker, Discovery News

Titan's Magic Island Appeared Mysteriously From the Depths

Mastcam-Z Selected to Fly on Mars 2020

Mastcam-Z Selected to Fly on Mars 2020

People Behind the Science Podcast - Interview with Dr. Alex Hayes

People Behind the Science Podcast - Interview with Dr. Alex Hayes

Cornell Press Release: Mysterious Magic Island appears on Saturn moon.

Cornell Press Release: Mysterious 'Magic Island' appears on Saturn moon.

George McDonalds wins Dwornik Award at LPSC

George McDonald's wins Dwornik Award at LPSC

Cornell Press Release: Plastic, wrong-way dunes arise on Saturn moon Titan

Cornell Press Release: Plastic, 'wrong-way' dunes arise on Saturn moon Titan

Titans Moons Collosal Methane Seas: BBC December 2013

Titan's Moons Collosal Methane Seas: BBC (December 2013)

Mystery of the Missing Waves on Titan: NASA Science Podcast July 2013

Mystery of the Missing Waves on Titan: NASA Science Podcast (July 2013)

Hayes Wins 2012 Greeley Award EOS October 2013

Hayes Wins 2012 Greeley Award (EOS, October 2013)

Remote Sensing and Planetary Processes: An Interview with Dr. Alex Hayes

Remote Sensing and Planetary Processes: An Interview with Dr. Alex Hayes

Forget Winter in Westeros Summer is Coming to Titan CNET July 2013

Forget Winter in Westeros, Summer is Coming to Titan (CNET, July 2013)

A Guide to Lakefront Vacationing on Titan: YouTube of SETI Talk (January 2012)