Today U of A leads space domain awareness research with $8.6M from Space Force The project links U of A antennae across Arizona, using astronomy techniques for high spatial resolution imaging to support national security.
May 22, 2026 Near-space certificate program boosts homeland security The University of Arizona leverages its research strengths to launch the Advanced Education in Terrestrial Operations and Space program.
May 4, 2026 Inside CatSat, the U of A student-led satellite mission CatSat is a hands-on space mission that teaches students how quick problem solving helps prepare them for careers in the space industry.
May 4, 2026 U of A cadet takes flight ahead of Air Force commission Graduating Wildcat Bridger Frost ended his undergraduate journey on a high note: Taking control of an F-16 fighter jet while flying over Southern Arizona.
April 28, 2026 Drone radar reveals buried glaciers on Earth, guiding the search for water on Mars U of A researchers launched drones equipped with ground-penetrating radar over debris-covered glaciers in Alaska and Wyoming that resemble buried ice deposits found on Mars.
April 14, 2026 U of A professors Elaine Romero, Erika Hamden named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows Professors Elaine Romero and Erika Hamden joined more than 200 people named Guggenheim Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
March 17, 2026 Asteroid Bennu's rugged surface baffled NASA. We finally know why In one of the biggest surprises of the OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders.
March 16, 2026 Large craters offer clues to the origin of asteroid 16 Psyche Using computer simulations, researchers at the University of Arizona model the formation of giant impact basins, or craters, on 16 Psyche in preparation for the arrival of NASA's Psyche mission in 2029.
March 3, 2026 U of A to build instruments for new space telescope A team at Steward Observatory was awarded a contract to develop a coronagraph and a wide-field camera for the Lazuli Space Telescope part of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System.
Feb. 16, 2026 Cosmic predators: How supermassive black holes slow star growth in nearby galaxies A new study led by University of Arizona astronomers suggests that black holes may have played a much larger role in shaping the growth of galaxies in the early universe than previously thought.
