Gravitational Wave Experts to Meet at UCF for Two Days of Intensive Talks The UCF community and the general public are invited to a free talk about gravitational waves on March 6 as part of the two-day meeting.
Why is Leap Year a Thing? UCF physics Professor Josh Colwell explains the science behind the need for Feb. 29.
NASA’s New Horizons Mission Finds Window into the Solar System’s Cold, Dusty Origins The New Horizons spacecraft made history flying past Pluto and is now exploring a new frontier, with objects that keeps surprising scientists.
Arecibo Observatory Discovers Moon Orbiting Near-Earth Asteroid Days after resuming operations post-earthquakes, Arecibo scientists make rare find.
WUCF Wins National Award for Summer of Space Campaign The NETA Awards honor public television’s best work in education, community engagement, marketing/communications and content.
UCF Professors’ Space Podcast Leads to Radio Show Invitation The goal of the podcast is to help people understand space science and why it matters in an entertaining way. The podcasts caught the attention of 90.7 WMFE.
OSIRIS-REx Target on Asteroid Bennu Revealed, Next Step – Touch-and-Go in 2020 A UCF professor and student helped with the selection process for two sites that may produce samples that can help NASA learn about near-Earth asteroids.
UCF Postdoctoral Researcher Detects Satellite Orbiting a Small Body in Solar System The technique used to detect the satellite could help identify more objects, which could potentially help broaden our understanding of our solar system.
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.
NASA Funds UCF Research for New Power Systems on Space Missions UCF will develop a new way of powering and heating spacecrafts when they are far from the sun and solar energy isn’t practical.
