Sept. 29, 2023 The last required piece of the world's largest telescope takes shape at UArizona The Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory will start fabrication in the final stage to complete the Giant Magellan Telescope. It marks a milestone in the search for other, potentially Earth-like planets and the exploration of the universe.
Sept. 24, 2023 A gift from space: UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission delivers largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth.
Sept. 18, 2023 The pace of climate-driven extinction is accelerating, a UArizona-led study shows Studying a lizard species in 18 mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona, researchers found 70 years' worth of climate-related extinction occurred in only seven years.
Sept. 1, 2023 OSIRIS-REx team completes final test before asteroid sample delivery Members of NASA's UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission completed one last dress rehersal before the spacecraft delivers a sample from asteroid Bennu to the Utah desert on Sept. 24.
Aug. 30, 2023 UArizona experts suggest solutions to encourage food, water and economic security in a changing climate University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins created a commission to identify solutions to the challenges facing Arizona agriculture in a rapidly changing climate. The recommendations are outlined in a new report.
July 6, 2023 OSIRIS-REx team members practice recovering asteroid sample capsule bound for Earth Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases its capsule full of pristine asteroid material over the Utah desert in September. Members of the mission team gathered at Lockheed Martin in Colorado to rehearse recovering the capsule and its precious cargo.
June 13, 2023 Pass the salt: This space rock holds clues as to how Earth got its water The discovery of tiny salt grains in a sample from an asteroid provides strong evidence that liquid water may be more common in the solar system's largest asteroid population than previously thought.
May 30, 2023 Take a trip under the sea at new, interactive Flandrau exhibit Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium's newest exhibit, "Undersea Discovery," takes visitors on a journey from the ocean shore to its rarely seen depths, providing a look at the colorful animals and plants that make up the vast waters of the world.
May 5, 2023 Becoming a multiplanetary species: Crew completes first mission in pressurized habitat at Biosphere 2 A four-person crew sealed themselves in an air-tight pressurized habitat, called the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars, for six days to practice what it might be like to live on the surface of another celestial body.
May 16, 2023 Astronomers want your help hunting for asteroids Scientists at the UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have created an online portal that allows members of the public to help discover asteroids hurtling through our solar system.