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2009-Oct-17
ANNOUNCEMENT: UCF Winter WORKSHOP 2010: Exoplanets for Planetary Scientists
University of Central Florida Campus
Orlando, Florida, USA
6-8 January 2010
http://planets.ucf.edu/winterworkshop2010
We have changed the name to reduce confusion: It's not just for students! This is a research workshop. The abstract deadline has been extended to 2009-Oct-31. Special Speakers and Session Leaders include Alan Stern, Eric Gaidos, Renu Malhotra, Adam Showman, Andrew Collier Cameron, and Drake Deming.
2009-Jul-21
Impact on Jupiter!
UCF is hosting a web page to index observations and results related to the impact of a comet on Jupiter on the 19th. See http://planets.ucf.edu/resources/jupiter-impact
2009-Jul-14
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: UCF Winter Workshop 2010: Exoplanets for Planetary Scientists
University of Central Florida Campus
Orlando, Florida, USA
6-8 January 2010
http://planets.ucf.edu/winterworkshop2010
This warm winter workshop will bring together experts in exoplanet observation and planetary theory, delivering both the latest research results and school-style talks on applying planetary science to exoplanetary problems.
2009-Jun-11
Planetary Science Researcher Tests Methods for Finding Life on ExtraSolar Planets
UCF Prof. Eduardo Martin was part of a team that used the spectrum of the Earth - reflected from the Moon during a lunar eclipse - to simulate the search for life on extrasolar planets. The study was published today in Nature. Here is the UCF news story.
2009-Jul-20 - 2009-Jul-24
UCF Co-Hosts Brown-Dwarf and Exoplanet Conference in China During Eclipse
New Technologies for Probing the Diversity of Brown Dwarfs and
Exoplanets will be held in Shanghai, China, during the longest solar
eclipse of this century (July 22). UCF Faculty members Eduardo
Martin and Michele Montgomery are organizer and LOC member, respectively.
http://www.shao.ac.cn/bdep_meeting/
2009-Feb-3
UCF Student Visiting the Southwest in Search of Meteorites
University of Central Florida graduate student Robert Macke has packed up his car for a three-month road trip in search of meteorites. He will visit collections in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
2009-Jan-14 - 2009-Apr-22
UCF Planetary Science Journal Club
Join us in MAP 318 Wednesdays at noon for lunch, a speaker, and informal discussion on a range of planetary topics!
http://www.physics.ucf.edu/~yfernandez/psjc.html
2009-Jan-30
5th Star & Planet Formation Day at UF
The University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, will host the 5th Star &
Planet Formation Day on Friday, January 30, 2009, featuring talks
by Sarah Dodson-Robinson (Spitzer Fellow at JPL), Kaitlin Kratter
(U Toronto), Ruth Murrary-Clay (ITC Fellow at CfA), and Andrew
Youdin (CITA Fellow). There will also be short, informal research
talks and discussion by the UF and UCF groups. Contact Michele
Montgomery if interested in attending.
http://www.astro.ufl.edu/starformation/sfdays.html
2008-Dec-22
UCF Physics Professor Experiments in Zero Gravity
Figuring out exactly how asteroids formed and what they can tell us about the origin of the solar system are big questions. University of Central Florida Assistant Professor Josh Colwell is working on solving these mysteries. This month, he had a chance...
2008-Dec-19
UCF Announces Planetary Sciences track in Physics PhD
Starting in Spring 2009, the Physics PhD has a Planetary Sciences
Track. The program balances early involvement in research with a
broad range of coursework to prepare students for research careers.
http://planets.ucf.edu/academics/phd-program
2008-Nov-26
Source of Geysers on Saturn's Moon May Be Underground Water
Saturn's moon Enceladus may indeed hide an underground reservoir of water. Scientists at Jet Propulsion Lab in California, the University of Colorado and the University of Central Florida in Orlando teamed up to analyze the plumes of water vapor and ice...