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How space-based sensors can detect nuclear activity
April 23, 2026Researchers at the University of Florida are advancing new technologies to detect nuclear activity from space, positioning the university at the forefront of a rapidly evolving area of national security […]

Mars rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds in new experiment
April 23, 2026NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth. The findings, which come […]
One Hundred Years Ago: Robert H. Goddard & ‘Nell’
March 17, 2026On the morning of March 16, 1926, Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882–1945), a Professor of Physics at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and his assistant Henry Sachs arrived at an isolated […]

UF Astraeus faculty help shape national science strategy for human exploration of Mars
February 3, 2026Two University of Florida faculty members with the Astraeus Space Institute played key leadership roles in a major National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report released in December that […]

40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-61C mission
January 15, 2026GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-61C mission Monday with a panel discussion on leadership, ethics and the future of […]

UF researchers collaborate with NASA’s Deep Space Logistics team to reduce and repurpose mission waste
January 9, 2026As the number of space missions continues to grow, with hundreds currently active, waste generated during missions has also increased. Cargo packaging materials such as foam and plastic are often […]
Sixty Years Ago: Orbital Rendezvous
December 18, 2025As the clock approached 10 AM EST on the morning of October 25, 1965, the crew of Gemini VI, Commander Walter M. “Wally” Schirra (1923–2007) and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford (1930–2024), […]

The bacteria that won’t wake up: NASA discovers new bacteria “playing dead”
December 2, 2025New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, essentially “playing dead” to survive in some of the cleanest environments on […]

Men experience greater eye changes from spaceflight, while brain differences between sexes are subtle
October 29, 2025A new study into how spaceflight impacts the human brain and eyes revealed notable sex differences in brain fluid shifts, with female astronauts showing a greater reduction in fluid around […]

Fifty Years Ago: The First Images from the Surface of Another Planet
October 21, 2025On October 20, 1975, 134 days after its June 8 launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soviet space probe Venera 9 approached to within 1600 km of the surface of the […]