Astronomy

“The fight is lost”: Board of Trustees push forward with constructing new aquatic center despite student and faculty protestations

Staff Writer | Gabriella Mateo As of Thursday, Nov. 21, the FIU Board of Trustees voted to approve the master plan until 2035 with the university’s third aquatic center to be located at Site 11, just outside the Stocker AstroScience Center – despite the fact that the Faculty Senate voted unanimously against this location. “The […]

Bringing the stars back: an interview with Dr. James Webb

Conor Moore | News Director Dr. James Webb is a professor, astronomer, musician and director of the Stocker AstroScience Center. When not researching quasars and other interstellar bodies, Dr. Webb performs his original music across the country in various planetarium concerts. From the AstroScience Center’s control room, he can control other telescopes around the world […]

FIU Astrophysicist Mixes Astronomy with Theater

Irina Barneda/Staff Writer Fiorella Terenzi is an Italian astrophysicist, author, musician, recording artist and professor who is teaching astronomy at FIU… but with a twist. Terenzi’s Solar System Astronomy class prepares every week for a public theatrical performance called “Let’s Get Astrophysical.” The production counts as an exam at the end of the semester. Students […]

New telescope provides students a never-before-seen view from Miami

The Stocker AstroScience Center has finally received its long-awaited installment: a custom-built, 24-inch, reflecting Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.

Inside look of the Stocker AstroScience Center

The past few semesters, there has been talk and interest surrounding one of the new buildings on campus. Though new buildings hardly seem like an uncommon occurrence lately, the Stocker AstroScience Center (StASC) has really taken the student body by surprise.

Panther makes first cut for Mars One mission

Patrick Ford, a junior physics major, was selected out of 200,000 international applicants for Mars One's second round in its search for astronauts to start a settlement on the planet in 2025.

Mars One applicant to speak at University events next month

Patrick Ford, a junior physics major and astronomy minor, and Mars One Project applicant will speak about the Red Planet in two different events next month.

Meteorites fly over South Florida and the world

When you wish upon a star, make sure it stays in the sky first. Residents of South Florida looked up this past Sunday and saw a ball of light resembling a meteor in the sky. The sighting duration was recorded at about three seconds.
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