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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.
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- UF Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope
August 22, 2022
With the James Webb telescope, Florida scientists delve into the deepest questions of the cosmos Read more "UF Astronomers are using ... - The UF-spinoff Satlantis launches its first 16U CubeSat with the iSIM-90 camera designed at the UF Department of Astronomy
May 27, 2022
On Wednesday, May 25 at 2:35 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-5, SpaceX’s fifth dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, ... - Astronomy undergraduates receive top honors in SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Modeling!
February 21, 2022
Congratulations to undergraduate senior Daniel Warshofsky and sophomore Ben Sherwin for receiving top honors in the international SIMIODE Challenge Using ... - Search Committee Meeting for Scientist position
December 19, 2021
Notice of search committee meeting Wednesday, Dec. 22, at 11am and Monday, Jan. 3 at 3pm (req #519052) The University of ...
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