Nov. 19, 2025 U of A's Mars camera gets close look at comet from interstellar space HiRISE, a U of A-led Mars imaging camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, found itself closer than any other imaging tool to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed through the solar system.
Nov. 18, 2025 University of Arizona astronomer develops novel method to make AI more trustworthy A new technique helps artificial intelligence systems recognize when they don't know the answer, addressing "wrong-but-confident" AI outputs across science and society.
Oct. 29, 2025 Dwarf peas inside Biosphere 2's SAM breathe new life into space habitat research An astronaut stand-in spent two weeks sealed inside the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars at Biosphere 2, sharing his breath with 144 pea plants to test how humans and vegetation could sustain each other in space.
Oct. 8, 2025 The moon's biggest impact crater made a radioactive splash New analyses of the largest impact crater on the moon reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past. They also suggest that once astronauts return to the moon, they will have access to a veritable gold mine of scientific clues.
Sept. 16, 2025 New images reveal clues about the feeding habits of black holes University of Arizona telescopes helped capture dramatic changes in a supermassive black hole's environment over the course of four years.
Aug. 26, 2025 A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.
Aug. 22, 2025 Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.
Aug. 7, 2025 Alpha Centauri, sun's closest stellar neighbor, likely harbors giant planet New observations that U of A astronomers helped make with the James Webb Space Telescope solidify previous hints of a giant planet orbiting the sun's closest neighbor.
June 24, 2025 U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory mark a proud milestone for the University of Arizona, whose Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is the only facility in the world capable of crafting the telescope's unique mirror.
June 23, 2025 Giant Magellan Telescope advances to National Science Foundation final design phase Built with mirrors manufactured by the University of Arizona, one of the world's largest optical telescopes clears key milestone toward U.S. federal construction support.
