{"id":149667,"date":"2025-11-05T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//?p=149667"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:48:16","slug":"ucf-physics-professor-works-to-uncover-the-universes-history-one-rock-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//ucf-physics-professor-works-to-uncover-the-universes-history-one-rock-at-a-time/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Physics Professor Works to Uncover the Universe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s History, One Rock at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Born from the challenge of the Space Race, UCF was created to transform imagination into innovation and prepare people to launch humanity beyond its limits. 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Space/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//section>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<hr>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>There/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s still much we don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019t understand about our universe, but scientists are uncovering new clues by studying rocks, down to the smallest particles of dust, that reveal the story of how our solar system formed.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>UCF Associate Professor of Physics Ryan Ogliore is advancing knowledge of the solar system by analyzing rocks from space.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cUsing microanalytical techniques, I study extraterrestrial samples of various forms down to the level of atoms,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d Ogliore says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cSamples can include rocks from meteorites that land on Earth, as well as materials collected from asteroids, comets and other planets through robotic or crewed missions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>One of the main tools in his <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//research/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/">research</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//a> is isotopic analysis, which includes measuring the decay of radioactive isotopes to determine the age and history of rock samples.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cIsotopes are fascinating because they can act like natural clocks,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d Ogliore says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cThey tell us when certain processes occurred, which helps us understand how planets formed from the solar nebula four and a half billion of years 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Later, joining UCF felt like a natural fit to advance his research.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cMy first visit to UCF was for a workshop, and I was immediately struck by the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s strong identity as SpaceU, from its street names, like Gemini, to its football uniforms (for the annual Space Game),/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cEven more impressive is the breadth of multidisciplinary space research happening here./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>Having the technology and tools here at SpaceU is instrumental to the research conducted by Ogliore. He says that samples returned from space can be studied with great precision with tools on Earth.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cThat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s the power of bringing samples back home,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cWe can study them using highly precise instruments, like large spectrometers that can take up an entire room./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<h2>Findings That Fuel Discovery and Exploration</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>Among some of his most significant projects, Ogliore highlights his work with NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s Stardust mission to comet Wild 2, a nearly 20-year investigation that revealed surprising results.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"attachment_149669/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"max-width: 252px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"252/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-149669 size-full/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//2025/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//11/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//UCF_Comet-Wild2_2025.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"A 3D anaglyph stereo image of Comet Wild-2, created by combining two different images using cyan and red color channels, taken from slightly different angles to reveal the comet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s surface texture. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"252/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-149669 size-full lazyload/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20252%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"A 3D anaglyph stereo image of Comet Wild-2, created by combining two different images using cyan and red color channels, taken from slightly different angles to reveal the comet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s surface texture. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/" data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//2025/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//11/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//UCF_Comet-Wild2_2025.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/">A 3D anaglyph stereo image of Comet Wild-2, created by combining two different images using cyan and red color channels, taken from slightly different angles to reveal the comet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s surface texture. (Photo courtesy of NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//Stardust spacecraft)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cWe sent a spacecraft to collect microscopic dust from a comet, full of primordial ice, and discovered that its composition was made up of igneous rocks /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2014 materials that form during very high temperature events in the solar system,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cThat finding suggested the comet wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019t just a leftover piece of the Solar System/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s building blocks, as we first thought, but rather a record of a more complex later stage of solar system formation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>Discoveries like these keep Ogliore inspired to continue planetary exploration. Now, he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s turning his focus to distant planets in some of the most unique and extreme environments in the solar system.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019m interested in the next phase of robotic exploration of the solar system, and I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019m involving students with this research,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<h2>Using Robots and Other Tech to Advance Space Studies</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>To date, Ogliore says that moon, asteroid and comet rock samples have been brought back for analysis, but now, he wants to study samples from the moons of planets like Jupiter, Saturn and beyond.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cThe moons of these planets are worlds in their own right,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cJupiter/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s moon Io, is one I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019m particularly interested in. This moon is covered in volcanoes and flowing lava, and we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019re working on developing a long-term mission concept to return volcanic ash from Io to Earth for study./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>Because of Io/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019s distance to Earth and intense radiation, Ogliore explains that such a mission would take more than 20 years to complete and rely on a robotic spacecraft. One of his undergraduate students is already modeling what scientists might expect from the samples once they return to Earth.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cExploring these distant and exotic worlds like Io is something that I, and many of my students, find exciting,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>Looking ahead, Ogliore hopes to develop the next generation of space-based hardware, from sampling technologies to new propulsion systems.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cWe need new ways to travel through space,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u201cRight now, we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149667/u2019re limited in our exploration of distant worlds, including sample returns, by chemical rockets. 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