Oct. 12, 2026 Three years into its second mission, OSIRIS-APEX sets its sights on 2029 OSIRIS-APEX, the spacecraft that originally flew as OSIRIS-REx, is expected to reach the asteroid Apophis in late spring of 2029, but the team is already keeping the spacecraft busy.
Oct. 8, 2026 Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of our solar system A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex, and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected.
Oct. 7, 2026 Tenacity, triumph and discovery: Looking back at OSIRIS-REx at mission's end Sept. 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. This was the United States' first ambitious attempt to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth, and it was led by the University of Arizona.
Oct. 6, 2026 Stories from star dust: U of A-led mission will study light from distant stars The mission, dubbed PUFFINS, will use an ultraviolet space telescope to seek answers about dust between stars.
Oct. 1, 2026 Study: Sex chromosomes drive how bodies deal with cancer, heart health and longevity New research shows that X and Y chromosomes drive risk of diseases, including cancer, independent of hormones. Understanding these mechanisms could drive sex-aware medicine.
Sept. 28, 2026 Vascular dementia has no approved treatments. U of A scientists hope to change that with an inflammation-fighting drug candidate. After Alzheimer's, vascular dementia is the second-most common type of dementia. Following more than a decade of development in the lab, researchers are preparing to evaluate a novel peptide in humans.
Sept. 24, 2026 JWST finds early galaxies were already seeding the universe with heavy elements Contrary to conventional wisdom holding that early galaxies were composed of mostly hydrogen and helium, new observations suggest that galaxies were seeding the cosmos with heavy elements just 500 million years after the Big Bang.
Sept. 24, 2026 Satellite data exposes escalating 'boom-and-bust' dynamic in greening drylands Four decades of satellite records reveal that roughly 80% of global drylands are experiencing extreme swings in interannual productivity, and current models are missing it.
Sept. 23, 2026 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman inspires U of A students to help shape the golden age of space exploration During the NASA Inspiration Tour at the U of A, students shared the space missions and technologies they are building and engaged directly with NASA leaders about the opportunities ahead.
Sept. 18, 2026 Loss of Y chromosome in men could be early warning sign of cancer New research has found that Y chromosome loss occurs in healthy-seeming tissue before tumors begin to form, making the loss of a hormone an early indicator of cancer danger.
