July 7, 2020 New Comet NEOWISE Graces the Skies The NEOWISE mission, led by UArizona's Amy Mainzer, discovered comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in March. The comet is now making its way around the sun and is visible from Earth.
June 24, 2020 Warming Will Reduce Ability of Trees to Slow Climate Change The most prolific tree in North America – the Douglas fir – will absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide in the future and therefore do less to slow climate change than once thought.
June 25, 2020 Astronomers Discover 'Monster' Quasar from Early Universe The discovery of the most massive quasar known in the early universe challenges current theories of supermassive black hole formation and growth.
Aug. 12, 2020 Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Past with New International Carbon Dating Standard To assess the age of historical objects, scientists rely on radiocarbon dating – a technique that is now set to become more accurate than ever, thanks to an international team of researchers.
June 11, 2020 Ingredients for Life Appear in Stellar Nurseries Long Before Stars are Born Astronomers probed a vast, cosmic cloud of gas and dust for traces of organic molecules that form building blocks for life. They found that such molecules appear hundreds of thousands of years before stars start to form.
June 23, 2020 Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers The Giant Magellan Telescope promises to deliver breakthrough discoveries.
June 1, 2020 Asteroids Bennu and Ryugu May Have Formed Directly From Collision in Space Scientists from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 teams have new theories about why the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu have their signature "spinning-top" shapes.
May 21, 2020 OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Set for Oct. 20 After more than a decade of work and much anticipation, the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will swipe a sample from the asteroid Bennu's rocky surface in October.
May 18, 2020 Researcher Awarded $3.4M to Develop Personalized Treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment Ying-hui Chou, an assistant professor of psychology, hopes to learn more about how to prevent memory loss and enhance brain function in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
May 12, 2020 Physicists Offer a New 'Spin' on Memory UArizona researchers report a discovery that opens new possibilities in the development of spintronics, a new type of memory storage capable of processing information much faster than current technology while consuming less energy.