March 27, 2024 Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems The observations will help astronomers refine their theories about the processes involved in planet formation and shed light on what our sun did when it was very young.
March 5, 2024 James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new University of Arizona-led study gives scientists a better idea of how our own solar system came to be.
Feb. 24, 2024 Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica Seeking clues about the life cycle of stars, the GUSTO balloon mission, led by university astronomer Chris Walker, breaks the record as NASA's longest-flying heavy-lift balloon mission.
Feb. 20, 2024 Giant Magellan Telescope brings new partner into the fold Taiwan's leading astronomy institute joins Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, South Korea and the United States in building one of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes.
Jan. 29, 2024 Webb Telescope reveals stunning structures in nearby spiral galaxies New images taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal intricate, never-before-seen structures and features hidden in visible light. The insights will help astronomers better understand the history of the Milky Way.
Dec. 18, 2023 Asteroids, athletics and 'America the Beautiful': The top stories of 2023 From delivering a historic asteroid sample to setting a university record in Fulbright Scholars, the University of Arizona celebrated several newsmaking events in 2023.
Dec. 6, 2023 UArizona again ranks No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics, top 20 among public research universities For the fifth consecutive year, the university is ranked among the nation's top 20 public research universities, according to the National Science Foundation.
Dec. 6, 2023 Citizen science project nets a new asteroid, and it's a close one Members of the public helped the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey spot a previously unknown near-Earth asteroid on its orbit around the sun.
Nov. 29, 2023 The case of the missing phosphorus: Astronomers find life ingredient at galaxy's edges The discovery of phosphorus in a molecular cloud at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy extends the presence of the element almost twice as far out as where it was known to exist.
Oct. 23, 2023 Researchers probe how a piece of the moon became a near-Earth asteroid A University of Arizona team has found that an interesting pathway could have led the moon fragment to reach Earth's orbital space, suggesting there could be many more.
