June 6, 2024 Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star A team of astronomers, including UArizona scientists, used the telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, low-mass star.
May 30, 2024 Glimpses of a volcanic world: New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft Astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a resolution never before achieved with Earth-based observations.
May 30, 2024 Webb Telescope spots the two most distant galaxies ever seen at cosmic dawn Researchers have discovered the most distant galaxy ever detected. The secrets it contains challenge previous assumptions about galactic evolution.
May 29, 2024 'Mind-boggling' quasars and atmospheres of vaporized rock: UArizona astronomers explore cosmos with Webb Telescope UArizona astronomers have scored some of the largest chunks of observing time with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
May 9, 2024 Steward Observatory alumna Jane Rigby receives Presidential Medal of Freedom Jane Rigby, who received her doctoral degree from the UArizona Department of Astronomy in 2006, was recognized for her role in the success of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission and her longtime support of diversity and inclusion in science.
May 9, 2024 UArizona's Marcia Rieke wins $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize The award recognizes Regents Professor Rieke's work in infrared astronomy. Rieke led the development of the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera.
May 3, 2024 Seven graduating students to receive awards at Commencement The university's top awards for graduating seniors recognize recipients' outstanding moral character, commitment to academics and service to their communities.
May 1, 2024 Geochemist Jay Quade elected to National Academy of Sciences Quade, a professor in the Department of Geosciences, was recognized for his work to provide a deeper understanding of Earth's past environments.
April 29, 2024 Brace for a very active hurricane season this year, warn UArizona forecasters UArizona forecasters predict five major hurricanes and 21 named storms over the North Atlantic this hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. The university's hurricane forecasting model is one of the most accurate in the country.
April 25, 2024 Near-Earth asteroid was blasted from a crater on the moon, study finds Near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3, also known as Kamo'oalewa, was likely blasted from the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's far side and has been hurtling through space for several million years, according to a study published in Nature Astronomy.
