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.
The Long Journey of NASA’S OSIRIS-REx The spacecraft retrieved rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu that may shed light on how life formed on Earth.
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 Researchers to Conduct Research Using First James Webb Space Telescope Images With the first images from the telescope released this morning, here is a round-up of the many research projects UCF is working on.
Neptune Celebrates 175th Birthday, Still a Mystery Worth Solving UCF faculty talk about the solar system’s outermost giant planet and why unlocking its secrets matter.
For Those Who Dream of Space, UCF is the Place 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.
UCF to Host Telescope Night for 1st Total Lunar Eclipse of 2019 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…
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.
Strange Asteroid from Other Solar System Sparks Excitement 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…
