UCFPlanetary
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@UCFPlanetary
We use spacecraft and telescopic data, meteorites and Moon rocks, experiments, and supercomputers to investigate our own Solar System and others in the galaxy.
⚡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/person…
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!
🌕 + 🪨 = ? 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
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/2022/01/2…
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/… Credit: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/C.Schambeau
PLUTO HAS HAD ENOUGH!!!
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-re…
