UF astronomers contribute to NASA’s planet discoveries
NASA announced today the discovery of 11 new “solar systems” hosting at least 26 planets found with data from NASA’s Kepler Mission. ..
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
NASA‘s Kepler mission and UF astronomer find two new planets orbiting double suns
Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, a team that includes a University of Florida astronomer has discovered two new planets orbiting double star systems, something that had never been seen until last September. ..
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
UF astronomers start testing infrared camera at world’s largest telescope
University of Florida astronomers are testing a new infrared camera this summer at the world’s largest telescope that will allow researchers to look for planets outside our own solar system and better explore hidden black holes at the centers of galaxies. ..
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
UF astronomers, NASA team find six closely packed planets orbiting same star
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A NASA team including three University of Florida astronomers has found six new planets in a distant solar system that in some ways resembles our own. ..
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
USF Engineer at South Pole for 'One Cool Project'
TAMPA, Fla. – Nine months out of the year, Graham Tilbury’s workplace is at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science’s balmy, waterfront complex on Tampa Bay. But for the other three months, the engineer for the Center for Ocean Technology plunges himself into the icy, forbidding world of the South Pole as a volunteer in a monumental effort to build one of the world’s most advanced scientific instruments. ..
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Grant to help astronomy department search skies for habitable planets
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — At a time when astronomers are searching for Earth-like planets, the University of Florida has received a grant for $500,000 to lead the pack. ..
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