News

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope to Uncover Echoes of the Universe’s Creation

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • November 18th, 2020

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will detect vestiges of sound waves that once rippled through the primordial cosmic sea.

16-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Solved, Revealing Stellar Missing Link

Spitzer • November 18th, 2020

The Blue Ring Nebula, which perplexed scientists for over a decade, appears to be the youngest known example of two stars merged into one.

TMT Optical Test Instruments System Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • October 26th, 2020

TMT Optics and Systems Engineering teams have reached another major milestone, with a successful “gate” review of the TMT optical Test INstruments System (TINS) preliminary design.

Data reveals evidence of molecular absorption in the atmosphere of a hot Neptune

Spitzer • October 26th, 2020

An international team of scientists recently measured the spectrum of the atmosphere of a rare hot Neptune exoplanet, whose discovery by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey...

3 UCF Researchers Part of Nature Astronomy Articles Chronicling Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy

Spitzer • October 12th, 2020

The papers provide an inventory of some of the greatest discoveries of the past decade and suggest targets for the next generation telescope, scheduled to launch in 2021.

Congratulations to Professor Andrea Ghez and the Astronomy Community!

TMT • October 9th, 2020

Many Congratulations to Andrea Ghez on the award of the Physics 2020 Nobel Prize for her work on the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy, the...