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UF study: Some Earth bacteria survive and grow at extremely low pressure; may aid Mars research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered for the first time that some Earth bacteria can live under the same low pressure conditions found on Mars.

Filed under Astronomy, Sciences on Monday, January 7, 2013.

Presidential search, London band trip among top 2012 stories

This year has been another busy one for news at UF, but some stories were more popular than others. Here’s our list of the Top 10 based on unique pageviews.

University of Florida astronomer reports rare case of gravitational lensing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — You could say that the odds of seeing it were astronomical.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.

Astronomers discover pair of planets surprisingly close to each other

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — NASA’s Kepler mission, along with astronomers from Harvard, University of Washington and University of Florida, has discovered a rocky planet orbiting very close to a much larger planet around the same star, about 1,200 light years from Earth, according to research being published online today in Science Express.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Thursday, June 21, 2012.

Metal-poor stars are rich with small planets, study finds

INESVILLE, Fla. — Planets as big as Earth but smaller than Neptune are likely even more common in our galaxy than previously believed, according to a statistical analysis of recent results from NASA’s Kepler mission.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Thursday, June 21, 2012.

UF astronomer: Some giant planets in other systems most likely to be alone

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Hot Jupiter-type” planets are most likely to be alone in their systems, according to research by a University of Florida astronomer and others, made public today.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Monday, May 7, 2012.

UF-led team uses new observatory to characterize low-mass planets orbiting nearby star

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida astronomers have found compelling evidence for two low-mass planets orbiting the nearby star Fomalhaut, just 25 light years from Earth.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Thursday, April 12, 2012.

UF astronomers contribute to NASA’s planet discoveries

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — NASA announced today the discovery of 11 new “solar systems” hosting at least 26 planets found with data from NASA’s Kepler Mission.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Thursday, January 26, 2012.

NASA‘s Kepler mission and UF astronomer find two new planets orbiting double suns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, a team that includes a University of Florida astronomer has discovered two new planets orbiting double star systems, something that had never been seen until last September.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

Florida and Spain launch joint agreement for small-satellite research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has helped to forge a deal between the Kingdom of Spain and the state of Florida initiating the groundwork for collaborative research that could boost the state’s aerospace industry.

Filed under Astronomy, Business, Economic Impact, Florida, Research, Sciences on Thursday, October 13, 2011.