Nov. 19, 2025 U of A's Mars camera gets close look at comet from interstellar space HiRISE, a U of A-led Mars imaging camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, found itself closer than any other imaging tool to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed through the solar system.
Aug. 26, 2025 A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.
Aug. 22, 2025 Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.
Aug. 7, 2025 Alpha Centauri, sun's closest stellar neighbor, likely harbors giant planet New observations that U of A astronomers helped make with the James Webb Space Telescope solidify previous hints of a giant planet orbiting the sun's closest neighbor.
July 9, 2025 An emissary from interstellar space Discovered only a week ago, comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known visitor from outside the solar system. U of A astronomer Carson Fuls explains what makes the comet special – and why we can only guess where it came from.
