"It was not like anything I had ever seen before," Alejandro Otero says. It turned out his home was hit by debris from the International Space Station that had been circling the Earth for three years.

A piece of hardware that was expected to burn up during entry impacted a Naples home last month.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with a UF doctoral student who studied the use of authoritarian language in the 2020 presidential campaign and then explored the power of language with two Florida poets. Later we discussed new limits for PFAS chemicals, the end of an era for space exploration, Sarasota County’s truancy court, solar eclipse stories and why fuzzy caterpillars are becoming a nuisance for some.

At least 38 smalltooth sawfish have been found dead in South Florida waters since January, but the actual total of deaths is believed to be higher.

There's been a Tussock moth caterpillar takeover in the Tampa Bay area. These creatures are native to Florida, and while they may look relatively harmless, their sting can pack a punch.

Around 200 people gathered outside the Marshall Student Center on the USF Tampa campus to view the eclipse.

This year, a slice of North America is in the path of totality for the solar eclipse. It's a big deal, because the next one won't be coming around for two decades.

Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition.

Parts of the country will experience a total solar eclipse on April 8. Here are several events where folks across Tampa Bay can gather and experience the phenomenon together.

Since the dawn of human spaceflight more than 60 years ago, around 680 people have been to space. Only about 70 have been American women astronauts.

With artificial intelligence in health care on the rise, eye screenings for diabetic retinopathy are emerging as one of the first proven use cases of AI-based diagnostics in a clinical setting.

The four crewmembers spent a half-year on the International Space Station conducting dozens of experiments and science research. NASA's Crew-8 mission relieved them on the orbital outpost last week.