Oct. 21, 2021 Astronomers Provide 'Field Guide' to Exoplanets Known as Hot Jupiters By combining Hubble Space Telescope observations with theoretical models, a team of astronomers has gained insights into the chemical and physical makeup of a variety of exoplanets known as hot Jupiters.
Oct. 12, 2021 UArizona Astronomers to Help NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Peer into Space's Past NASA's new flagship space observatory has arrived in French Guinea, where it will be readied for launch on Dec. 18. UArizona astronomers Marcia and George Rieke played key roles in designing and building the telescope's infrared "eyes," which will peer deeper into the cosmos than ever before.
Sept. 22, 2021 'Dead' Galaxies Mysteriously Ran Out of Fuel to Make Stars in Early Universe UArizona astronomers used massive galaxy clusters as natural magnifying glasses to discover strange galaxies that stopped making stars before their time.
Sept. 16, 2021 This is What it Looks Like When a Black Hole Snacks on a Star Analyzing observations of an X-ray flare and fitting the data with theoretical models, astronomers documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and a black hole.
July 20, 2021 Instrument Ready to Discover New Planets UArizona is providing the software hub for the NEID spectrometer on Kitt Peak as the instrument begins its mission to discover Earth-like planets elsewhere in the Milky Way.
July 19, 2021 Event Horizon Telescope Pinpoints Heart of the Nearest Radio Galaxy Researchers used detailed observations of an enormous jet of glowing gas and dust to pinpoint the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy Centaurus A.
June 30, 2021 NASA Extends UArizona-Led Asteroid Search Mission For two more years, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE, will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets – including objects that could pose a hazard to Earth.
June 21, 2021 Researchers Trace Dust Grain's Journey Through Newborn Solar System Scientists have reconstructed the history of a dust grain that formed during the birth of the solar system. Their findings provide new insights into the formation of planetary systems.
June 11, 2021 UArizona to Lead Mission to Discover Potentially Dangerous Asteroids Infrared astronomy expert Amy Mainzer will lead NASA's NEO Surveyor mission to find, track and characterize yet unseen asteroids and comets that may pose a threat to Earth.
June 8, 2021 Organic Molecules Offer Clues About Dying Stars and Outskirts of the Milky Way UArizona researchers have observed, in unprecedented detail, organic molecules in planetary nebulae. Their work sheds new light on how stars form and die.
