UCF Hosts Telescope Event for International Observe the Moon Night On Oct. 21, UCF scientists, UCF Libraries, and student organizations will provide free access to telescopes and space-related activities.
UCF Names Joseph Harrington as Interim Associate Vice President for Research and Scholarship Harrington’s duties will include overseeing UCF’s institutes and centers and research strategy councils; participating in collaborative efforts with the Faculty Senate Research Council; and assisting in implementing strategic research initiatives.
UCF Researchers Develop New Technology to Recycle Greenhouse Gas into Energy, Materials The new UCF innovations enable methane to be used in green energy production and to create high-performance materials for smart devices, biotechnology, solar cells and more.
UCF Researcher Part of Team That Discovered First Compelling Evidence for Low-frequency Gravitational Waves in the Cosmos Studying these signals can provide a better understanding of the early universe and of the sources of the gravitational waves, such as the movement of massive black holes merging in the center of distant galaxies.
UCF Is Leading Comprehensive Study of Centaurs and Jupiter-family Comets The work will inform research into the origins of the solar system and is one of the most comprehensive studies of active centaurs and distantly active Jupiter-family comets.
UCF Researcher Helps Uncover Key Findings about Asteroid Dinkinesh, a Target of NASA’s Lucy Mission The findings are critical for planning the flyby of the asteroid and give more insight into the role small debris and collisions play in forming the solar system.
New UCF Agreement Will Help Researchers Study Metal Asteroids for Resources, Clues to Formation The work can inform the study of asteroids like 16 Psyche, an M-type, or metal, asteroid NASA is launching a mission in October 2023 to visit.
Arecibo Observatory ‘The Biggest Dream’ Film Premiere Set for UCF Celebrates the Arts The screening will be the Florida premiere of the film that tells the story of the rise, the fall and the future of what was once one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes.
An Unexpected Ring Has Been Discovered Around Quaoar, a Dwarf Planet Candidate The finding defies the current understanding of the physics behind ring formation.
UCF Researchers Use Webb Telescope to Monitor Double-ringed Asteroid More Than 2 Billion Miles Away The work helps to demonstrate a new way to use the space telescope and opens the door to an advanced means of characterizing small objects in the distant solar system.
‘Fell in Love with This Place:’ Navy Veteran Finds His Place Helping Students, Veterans at UCF WKMG News 6