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One more U.S. National Science Foundation REU summer program concluded at UF Astro. We couldn't be happier to host students from many different states, for the first time in person. We are very proud of their research work, and their amazing final presentations.

Grad students Sidney Lower and Jared Cathey flew to New York this week to attend the South Pole Telescope Sub-Millimeter Galaxies meeting. First picture shows Jared talking about JWST NIRCam data; second shows the two of them on the rooftop of the Flatiron Institute.

spt smg = best astro collab in the world. Jared got to show us extremely exciting first images from JWST this morning - couldn’t ask for a better way to close out a great week of science. Special thanks to Flatiron CCA for hosting us!

New paper: Scientists have detected gas in a circumplanetary disk around an exoplanet in the constellation Ophiuchus, which challenges current assumptions about planetary formation. A 🧵 (1/7) bit.ly/3zLlSpO

Chance et al. 2022(B?) (arxiv.org/abs/2208.05989) is out and it's been a long time coming! We think the radius distribution of small planets is very likely sculpted by atmosphere loss- what if that atmosphere loss was dominated by erosion from giant impacts? #paperday 1/N

The NASA Webb Telescope telescope is poised to answer the big questions about our universe, and FLORIDA scientists are on the vanguard of these discoveries. Read about six projects pushing the bounds of our knowledge about the cosmos. news.ufl.edu/2022/08/james-…

We spy a few of our 'stellar' researchers from UF Physics and UF Astronomy making Carl Sagan proud.🌟

#BlackInPhysics Week 2022 will be on Oct 23-28th, and UF Astronomy's grad student Marika Edwards is involved as the project's Social Events Lead Organizer. This virtual event will celebrate Black Physicists and their contributions to the scientific community. blackinphysics.org

The Astrophysics & Astronomy Society (AAS) -- an educational & social club organized by UFastro’s undergrads -- held their 1st General Body Meeting, Movie & Trivia Night of the semester. Undergrads discussed how they'll get involved w/ UFastro this year. New members are welcome!

Today is UF's annual Gator Nation Giving Day! We call upon Gators everywhere to stand up for UF by making a gift of any size. The Department of Astronomy made a video to show what we are grateful for: youtu.be/1Bu65Aj0nf0 Please visit givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/astr… #AllForTheGators

Three researchers from UF Astronomy and UF Geology have been selected as Research Corporation for Science Advancement fellows!🥳 They will be lending their expertise to the "Signatures of Life in the Universe" initiative, collaborating on high-risk discovery research on extraterrestrial life. news.clas.ufl.edu/clas-researche…

Wondered how astronomers take images of the sky with telescopes? Now you can participate from the comfort of your home. UFastro will hold a remote public observing night on May 5, 8:30 to 10 pm, depending on the weather. Come see the most wonderful astronomical objects with us!

We are cancelling the remote public observing session for tonight due to weather, but will still give a brief tour of the inside of the dome at Rosemary Hill Observatory from 8:30-8:50.

Remote Public Observing is cancelled tonight due to cloud cover from Tropical Storm Arlene. Join us next month (July 7).

RHO Public Night Update: Weather is cloudy, but we will still be on zoom (link below) at 8:30 if you would like to see the telescope or have any astronomy questions. ufl.zoom.us/j/96308199151

UF Remote Public Observing will resume in September.