Bold, Relentless, Rising: Meet UCF鈥檚 2026 Reach for the Stars Honorees These six researchers are proving that groundbreaking work doesn鈥檛 take decades 鈥� just vision, drive and the courage to think differently.
Progressing the Final Frontier of Medicine: Space UCF and a group of valued partners are leading a research event to explore how space medicine and commercial space flight are transforming the future of human health.
Alain Berinstain Brings Bold, Collaborative Vision as New Director of Florida Space Institute at UCF Berinstain, an internationally recognized leader in space innovation, joins FSI to advance research, strengthen partnerships and guide the institute鈥檚 expansion.
UCF Scientist鈥檚 Finding Sheds Light on Milky Way Mystery Anish Roshi of the Florida Space Institute and a team of astronomers made a significant observational breakthrough related to ionized helium emissions that could provide clues to our understanding of the Milky Way鈥檚 physical processes.
UCF-Developed Testing Tech to Launch on Blue Origin Mission The technology, developed by Florida Space Institute鈥檚 Julie Brisset, was designed to create and control dust clouds in low gravity, simulating early planet formation.
UCF Researchers Measure Size of Elusive Moon Orbiting Distant Dwarf Planet for First Time鈥� In newly published research, UCF postdoctoral scholars Benjamin Proudfoot and Flavia Luane Rommel confirmed their predictions of the movements of two small space objects, giving greater insight into the development of our solar system and informing future NASA missions.
UCF Research Team Discovers Breakthrough for 3D Carbon Printing College of Sciences and Florida Space Institute researchers uncover multiple discoveries, including biomedical applications and efficiency improvements.
UCF Scientists Use James Webb Space Telescope to Better Understand Solar System鈥檚 Origins A newly published study shows varying levels of methanol, a molecule that is an important component of pre-biotic chemistry, in a spectral analysis of small celestial objects beyond Neptune.
James Webb Space Telescope Offers Best Glimpse Ever Into the Icy Planetesimals of the Early Solar System New studies of trans-Neptunian objects reveal how their colors and surface reflectance today are linked to their formation locations in the early solar system.
Uncovering a Centaur鈥檚 Tracks: UCF Scientists Examine Unique Asteroid-Comet Hybrid UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant 鈥渃entaur鈥� in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System鈥檚 origins in a newly published study.
