OSIRIS-REx Team Offers Insight into Asteroid Bennu Activity in New Science Article Research team offers three explanations for why the asteroid is ejecting particles into space.
Asteroid Bennu Gives NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Team Lots of Surprises UCF physics Professor Humberto Campins is part of the team studying Bennu, which may contain the molecular precursors to the origin of life and the Earth’s oceans.
First Images from OSIRIS REx Mission Have Scientists Buzzing with Excitement Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico plays a role in OSIRIS REx mission planning.
NASA Space Mission Gives UCF Students Opportunity to See How Research Pays Off Pegasus Professor of physics Humberto Campins plans to use his work on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to show students the relevance of research in making big discoveries.
UCF Making a Name for Itself in the World of Planetary Science UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it’s beginning to pay off in big…
Eclipse to Mark 1st Day of UCF’s Fall Semester The Great American Eclipse will occur on the first day of classes at the University of Central Florida, giving students another big reason to be…
UCF Expert Teams up with Astronaut for World Asteroid Day For the third annual World Asteroid Day on Friday, UCF physics Professor Humberto Campins is teaming up with friend and astronaut Tom Jones for a…
NASA Asteroid Mission Leader to Speak at UCF Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, will give a public talk at the University of Central Florida on Friday, June 2 about…
From The Little Prince to OSIRIS-REx, A Dream Come True for UCF Professor Humberto Campins grew up looking at the night sky and reading The Little Prince. The children’s story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is about a man…
Science Team for NASA Mission Meets in Orlando to Prep for Thursday Launch More than 100 scientists and engineers, including two from UCF, will gather at the Rosen Centre in Orlando Monday as part of the final preparation…
Nearly 100 Orange County Teachers Receive Free Master’s Degrees from University of Central Florida WOFL Fox 35
UCF Athletes Push to Complete 5,000 Hours of Community Service by End of Spring: ‘We’re Crushing it’ Orlando Sentinel