We use spacecraft and telescopic data, meteorites and Moon rocks, experiments, and supercomputers to investigate our own Solar System and others in the galaxy.
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Water-Ice Weathering in Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon
New research investigates how ice might alter lunar soil and create fine particles in permanently shadowed lunar craters. aasnova.org/2024/02/12/water… @UCFPhysics @CASatUSF
ALT aerial view of craters on the Moon's north pole
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UCFPlanetary retweeted
4 Dec 2022
Come back to your new favorite monthly hangout! 😎 December 13th, same time same place! This month, we’ll be venturing out of the Solar System and on towards other worlds. We’ll have trivia (with prizes!) and telescope observations after the event (weather permitting)!
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7 Nov 2022
New results about comets from @UCFPlanetary scientists: ucf.edu/news/new-study-of-co…
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6 Nov 2022
Check out the FIRST EVER Astronomy on Tap: Orlando on November 15th @OviedoBrewingCo, featuring @DrPhiltill and Dr. Humberto Campins, hosted by your very own @UCFPlanetary! 🚀✨ Follow @AoTOrlando for more updates!
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21 Oct 2022
Check out our very own Dr. Humberto Campins!
20 Oct 2022
⚡My Why @UCF: Humberto Campins @UCFSciences
An international expert on #asteroids, Dr. Campins' many achievements include being part of @NASA's historic OSIRIS REx mission & being named a Jefferson Science Fellow.🔭✨🚀 #UCF #ChargeOn
🔸More about him: sciences.ucf.edu/physics/per…
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14 Oct 2022
We are seeking Ph.D. students in multiple areas of research for Fall 2023! The application deadline for priority consideration is December 1st. Contact @KerriDHanna @astroaddie @yrfyrf @RamsesSpaceman if you are interested!
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.@NASAMoon has selected a new mission to explore an unstudied part of the Moon: the Gruithuisen Domes! LASP will provide science & data expertise mission ops for this @UCF-led effort to study the volcanic history before more human exploration. Learn more bit.ly/3N0dcAt
ALT the black "seas" and white highlands on the Moon's surface. Credit: NASA/Ernie Wright
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UCF to the moon ‼️ 🚀
NASA has selected UCF planetary scientists @astroaddie and @KerriDHanna to lead a $35 million mission that will explore a never before accessed part of the moon 🌕
ucf.edu/news/nasa-selects-uc…
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UCFPlanetary retweeted
2 Jun 2022
2 Jun 2022
I am incredibly excited to be leading our Lunar-VISE instruments and team to the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon! #ForwardtotheMoon
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2 Jun 2022
I am incredibly excited to be leading our Lunar-VISE instruments and team to the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon! #ForwardtotheMoon
2 Jun 2022
Lunar-VISE will explore the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes— domes on the Moon that are suspected to be formed by sticky magma! With Lunar-VISE, we will begin to answer questions about the history of lunar volcanic activity. Congrats to Dr. Kerri Donaldson Hanna & the @UCF team!
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22 May 2022
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11 Apr 2022
Lucy's four cameras and instrument pointing platform (IPP) have been tested and are all in good shape for the mission! Check out some of the first images here: loom.ly/bgpqSaY
#LucyMission
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24 Mar 2022
NASA is going live right now to check out moon samples from 50 years ago!
24 Mar 2022
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Apollo astronauts brought back samples from the Moon 50 years ago—some were left untouched for future study. Now, NASA has opened a core sample.
Join us at 3pm ET for #NASAScience Live to see how samples are opened & what we hope to learn.
go.nasa.gov/3wA4wwc
ALT An astronaut is pictured on the Moon. Text reads "We just opened a 50 year old moon sample".
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24 Jan 2022
Tune in to @MyNews13 @ 5pm est to hear FSI researcher Noemi Pinilla-Alonso and reporter @w_robinsonsmith discuss the importance of the James Webb Space Telescope and its work, as its journey of more than 900,000 miles is now complete.
24 Jan 2022
DESTINATION SPACE: The journey of more than 900,000 miles is now complete as the James Webb Space Telescope is now at L2.
Hear about the importance of this moment from a @FSI_Orlando researcher who will have time with Webb this year on @MyNews13 @ 5.
blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/01/…
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UCFPlanetary retweeted
15 Jan 2022
Hey Knights! ⚔️ Here are the spring dates for our stargazing events! Registration for each night is required. All dates are tentative due to weather, so be sure to check the website for updates prior to coming to your event. The link is in our bio to sign up💫 #UCF
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10 Jan 2022
Welcome back to UCF, everyone! Wishing everyone a great start to this new semester. ✨ Stay safe!
UCFPlanetary retweeted
9 Dec 2021
@FSI_Orlando / @UCFPlanetary researcher Dr. Charles Schambeau scores the #ImageOfTheWeek from @NOIRLabAstro! It's #Comet29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, orbiting beyond Jupiter and displaying complex shapes in its dust coma
8 Dec 2021
This #ImageOfTheWeek features #Comet 29P, which is a #centaur! Centaurs exhibit characteristics of #asteroids & comets. So they are a hybrid, like the mythological half man, half horse. @FSI_Orlando noirlab.edu/public/images/io…
Credit: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/C.Schambeau
ALT This image of Comet 29P is so detailed that this centaur’s bright, dense heart (or nucleus) can be seen through the diffuse cloud of dust and gas (or coma) surrounding it that was emitted during an outburst. It is surrounded by distant stars.
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The great debate: Pluto
The latest research on what really makes a planet, mentioned in @keatsdidit's latest video, comes from UCF's @FSI_Orlando planetary scientist and @UCFALUMNI Philip Metzger ’00MS ’05PhD 🪐
See for yourself 👀 bit.ly/ucf-pluto-research
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30 Jun 2021
Happy Asteroid Day! Check out how many of our UCF faculty and alumni and @FSI_Orlando and @NAICobservatory colleagues have asteroids named after them!
30 Jun 2021
Physics Professors and other researchers affiliated with the Physics Department are among UCF Researchers honored with Asteroids named after them...
ucf.edu/news/12-ucf-research…
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Research that's out of this world 🤯
UCF researcher Noemi Pinilla Alonso will be among a select group of scientists worldwide who will have more than 100 hours of observation time awarded to conduct her work on the James Webb Space Telescope 🔭🧐
ucf.edu/news/ucf-scientist-t…
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