A manned mission to Mars can succeed only if no vital parts of the system break beyond repair — including those that are human. Technology will need to address issues before they occur, says UA professor Wolfgang Fink. With UANews video. The series Fast Forward is examining the UA's role in the convergence of the digital, physical and biological worlds.
The HOSTS Survey is helping to determine how big future telescopes should be, which stars are candidates for harboring Earth-like planets and what the average star system looks like.
Under director James Diamond's supervision, students in the Tribal Justice Clinic are getting valuable, real-world experience — and advancing the rights of indigenous people.
Astronomer Vishnu Reddy and aerospace engineering graduate student Tanner Campbell are following the path of Tiangong-1, using technology they developed in only four months.
