July 6, 2021 Methane in the Plumes of Saturn's Moon Enceladus: Possible Signs of Life? An unknown methane-producing process is likely at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, suggests a new study co-authored by UArizona scientist Régis Ferrière.
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 15, 2021 Monsoon Madness: Professional and Amateur Forecasters Invited to Bet on Much-Needed Rain Professional forecasters' predictions for this year's monsoon season are "basically a scientific shrug," according to UArizona climate researchers. Now, members of the public can put their own monsoon predictions to the test in a fantasy monsoon game.
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 2, 2021 Record-Breaking Temperatures More Likely in Populated Tropics Crumbling icebergs may come to mind when imagining the most dramatic effects of global warming. However, more record-breaking temperatures will actually occur in the tropics, new research suggests.
May 26, 2021 UArizona Geologists to 'X-ray' the Andes Supported by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the UArizona-led TANGO project will shed light on how the Andes in South America formed.
April 21, 2021 Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Activity Again Expected in 2021 For the sixth year in a row, UArizona experts predict an above-average hurricane season over the Atlantic Ocean. They expect 18 named storms, including eight hurricanes, between June 1 and Nov. 30.
March 18, 2021 Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months Before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan A new study dates emergence of the virus that causes COVID-19 to as early as October 2019. Simulations also suggest that in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic.
March 5, 2021 Sixth Mirror Casting Brings Giant Magellan Telescope Closer to Completion Engineers at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab are casting the sixth of seven mirror segments that together will make up the primary mirror of the Giant Magellan Telescope, currently under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Feb. 3, 2021 Battling Bugs Help Solve Mysteries of Weapon Evolution Scientists outfitted bugs with body armor to learn more about how evolution has shaped weapons in the animal kingdom and why weapons differ among species.