Yan Fernandez News

UCF faculty talk about the solar system’s outermost giant planet and why unlocking its secrets matter.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the country’s historic Apollo 11 mission, UCF takes a look back, and a look forward, at its role in America’s space program.

Pack a blanket, bring some snacks and head to UCF’s Memory Mall on Sunday, Jan. 20, for a front-row seat of 2019’s first total lunar…

Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico plays a role in OSIRIS REx mission planning.

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.

A cigar-shaped asteroid making its way through our solar system to an unknown destination is capturing the imagination of scientists around the globe. This is…

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…

UPDATE: Everyone is excited for the first day of classes and a chance to see a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse happening right overhead from 2-3:30 pm…

UCF’s Planetary Sciences Group will host a telescopic-viewing night of the moon in a new location Thursday, Dec. 8 . For the first time, telescopes…