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  • UCF Marks 1st Year at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico

    UCF Marks 1st Year at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico

    Facility’s staff has helped international scientists do their work in planetary science, space and atmospheric science, and radio astronomy. BY ZENAIDA KOTALA | APRIL 5, 2019 UCF celebrates its first anniversary this … UCF Marks 1st Year at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico Read More »


  • Asteroid Bennu Gives NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Team Lots of Surprises

    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. BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ … Asteroid Bennu Gives NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Team Lots of Surprises Read More »


  • UCF Workshop to Focus on Mysterious Space Objects

    UCF Workshop to Focus on Mysterious Space Objects

    Scientists from around the world will converge at UCF’s Florida Space Institute this week to discuss Centaurs, a type of poorly understood objects found between Jupiter and Neptune. Centaurs are … UCF Workshop to Focus on Mysterious Space Objects Read More »