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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
- Astronomy Professor Rafael Guzman’s camera aboard the International Space Station to Capture Images of Earth
June 4, 2021
Read more "Astronomy Professor Rafael Guzman’s camera aboard the International Space Station to Capture Images of Earth" - Astronomer Paul Sell’s observations of lopsided galaxy featured by NASA
May 27, 2021
UF Astronomer Paul Sell’s data have been featured in a NASA/ESA press release: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2021/news-2021-029 See what CLAS had to say about it ... - Astronomer Paul Torrey receives UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
May 11, 2021
Read more "Astronomer Paul Torrey receives UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors" - UF Astro is hiring in AI and Machine Learning
December 17, 2020
The department of Astronomy is happy to announce that we are hiring two tenure-track faculty positions at the level of ...
