Oct. 11, 2023 First look at Bennu sample reveals carbon, water The latest findings from NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission support scientists' theory that asteroids rich in carbon and water may have delivered the essential building blocks of life and made Earth habitable.
Oct. 10, 2023 UArizona alumnus remembers aerospace and mechanical engineering with $2.8M bequest Kenneth Hartwein wanted to help educate problem-solving engineers.
Oct. 10, 2023 UArizona researchers are part of NASA's next astrophysics mission A research group at the Arizona Cosmology Lab is developing a method to study dark energy for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, which is scheduled to launch by 2027.
Oct. 10, 2023 Mining Arizona's hidden treasure University researchers partner with mining community to explore ways to repurpose copper mining waste rock as part of a Regents' Research Grant from the Arizona Board of Regents.
Oct. 3, 2023 Satellite brightness threatens ground-based astronomy, research shows UArizona faculty and students are part of an international study confirming that deployed satellites like BlueWalker 3 are as bright as the brightest stars seen by the unaided eye and pose a challenge for ground-based astronomy.
Oct. 2, 2023 UArizona's Sorooshian receives American Geophysical Union medal and fellowship Armin Sorooshian, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, was recognized for his work connecting airborne particulates to climate.
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. 27, 2023 Insights: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends University of Arizona immunologist Deepta Bhattacharya discusses in this Q&A the newest COVID-19 vaccines and what the future might hold for COVID-19 immunizations.
Sept. 27, 2023 Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest The findings from new research, led by University of Arizona dendrochronologist Bryan Black, could have implications for seismic preparedness measures in the region.
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.
