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The Department of Astronomy at the University of Florida is home to a vibrant community actively engaged in research, education, and outreach. Our faculty lead a wide range of research programs using world-class resources including an in-house design-through-fabrication instrumentation program, partner level access to the Gran Telescope Canarias, the HiPerGator-3 supercomputer, and more. Our undergraduate and graduate programs host around 100 students who are split between our Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, and Graduate Program. Our outreach program includes highly popular weekly public observing nights and annual Starry Night events which allow us to reach tens of thousands of community members.
Recent News
- UF Astronomers observe extreme starburst galaxies with JWST
February 15, 2023
Using Webb’s MIRI, NIRCam and NIRspec instruments to obtain images and spectra of NGC 7469 in unprecedented detail, the GOALS team has uncovered ... - UF astronomers find pair of black holes dining together in nearby galaxy merger with ALMA
February 10, 2023
While studying a nearby pair of merging galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) scientists discovered two supermassive black holes ... - UF astronomer Sarah Ballard names Research Cooperation for Science Advancement’s 2023 Cotrell Scholar
February 9, 2023
Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America’s first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named 25 early career scholars in chemistry, ... - UF astronomer Elizabeth Lada named American Astronomical Society Fellow
February 8, 2023
The society is honoring Lada for her work studying star and planet formation. Lada pioneered the use of infrared detectors ...
