Image March 27, 2024 UArizona crew of professional artists completes simulated moon mission Read more at UArizona News
March 27, 2024 Astronomers capture magnetic fields twirling around black hole Read more at UArizona News Image
March 27, 2024 Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems Read more at UArizona News Image
March 26, 2024 Teams behind OSIRIS-REx win prestigious aviation award Read more at UArizona News Image
Image Researchers examine the relationship between loneliness and being alone Oct. 31, 2023 A new study by University of Arizona psychologists finds that solitary time does not closely correlate with feelings of loneliness – unless a person spends 75% of their time alone. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore a second asteroid Oct. 31, 2023 NASA extended the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which has since been renamed OSIRIS-APEX. The spacecraft will study another potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid named Apophis. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona earns seventh top 10 global ranking in water resources Oct. 31, 2023 The University of Arizona is ranked No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 8 in the world in water resources, according to the 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona named a Fulbright HSI Leader for a third year in a row Oct. 30, 2023 The award recognizes the university's commitment as a Hispanic-Serving Institution to the federal government's flagship international educational exchange program. Read more at UArizona News
Image Digital terrain models zero in on Martian surface Oct. 25, 2023 A team of scientists at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory brings alien landscapes to life by creating realistic, to-scale digital terrain models from scientific data. Read more at UArizona News
Image Tracking the Bennu sample capsule's separation from OSIRIS-REx Oct. 25, 2023 Data collected ahead of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule's plunge into Earth's atmosphere will help test algorithms used to pinpoint asteroids that could impact Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image Researchers probe how a piece of the moon became a near-Earth asteroid Oct. 23, 2023 A University of Arizona team has found that an interesting pathway could have led the moon fragment to reach Earth's orbital space, suggesting there could be many more. Read more at UArizona News
Image From the skies to your roof, what does a raindrop pick up along the way? Oct. 17, 2023 The university's Project Harvest trained community members to collect rainwater to be tested for contaminants. The findings were published in bilingual interactive visualizations. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona launches Arizona Astrobiology Center to unlock the mysteries of life in the universe Oct. 17, 2023 The center will bring together students and faculty from across campus to unravel the enigma of life's beginnings and our place in the cosmos. Read more at UArizona News
Image First look at Bennu sample reveals carbon, water Oct. 11, 2023 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. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona researchers are part of NASA's next astrophysics mission Oct. 10, 2023 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. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona alumnus remembers aerospace and mechanical engineering with $2.8M bequest Oct. 10, 2023 Kenneth Hartwein wanted to help educate problem-solving engineers. Read more at UArizona News