Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world June 26, 2024 OSIRIS-REx sample scientists took a deep dive into the rocks and dust returned from asteroid Bennu. They found that the sample is rich in carbon, nitrogen and organic compounds – essential components for life as we know it. Read more at UArizona News Image Space sciences, water resources, geosciences excel in latest US News global ranking June 26, 2024 In the Best Global Universities rankings, UArizona earned its best scores in space sciences, ranking No. 8 overall, No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 2 among public universities. Read more at UArizona News Image UArizona graduate student and team discover most distant supernovas ever found June 11, 2024 Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered about 80 new supernovas. Their findings provide a new window into the early universe. Read more at UArizona News Image Studying Arctic glaciers with airborne radar: UArizona project attracts $30M from NASA June 10, 2024 The Snow4Flow mission, led by professor Jack Holt, will measure glaciers' ice and snow thickness and help scientists better predict how glacial melting contributes to sea level change. Read more at UArizona News Image Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star June 6, 2024 A team of astronomers, including UArizona scientists, used the telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, low-mass star. Read more at UArizona News Image Webb Telescope spots the two most distant galaxies ever seen at cosmic dawn May 30, 2024 Researchers have discovered the most distant galaxy ever detected. The secrets it contains challenge previous assumptions about galactic evolution. Read more at UArizona News Image Glimpses of a volcanic world: New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft May 30, 2024 Astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a resolution never before achieved with Earth-based observations. Read more at UArizona News Image 'Mind-boggling' quasars and atmospheres of vaporized rock: UArizona astronomers explore cosmos with Webb Telescope May 29, 2024 UArizona astronomers have scored some of the largest chunks of observing time with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Read more at UArizona News Image UArizona's Marcia Rieke wins $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize May 9, 2024 The award recognizes Regents Professor Rieke's work in infrared astronomy. Rieke led the development of the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera. Read more at UArizona News Image Steward Observatory alumna Jane Rigby receives Presidential Medal of Freedom May 9, 2024 Jane Rigby, who received her doctoral degree from the UArizona Department of Astronomy in 2006, was recognized for her role in the success of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission and her longtime support of diversity and inclusion in science. Read more at UArizona News Image Pagination … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world June 26, 2024 OSIRIS-REx sample scientists took a deep dive into the rocks and dust returned from asteroid Bennu. They found that the sample is rich in carbon, nitrogen and organic compounds – essential components for life as we know it. Read more at UArizona News Image
Space sciences, water resources, geosciences excel in latest US News global ranking June 26, 2024 In the Best Global Universities rankings, UArizona earned its best scores in space sciences, ranking No. 8 overall, No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 2 among public universities. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona graduate student and team discover most distant supernovas ever found June 11, 2024 Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered about 80 new supernovas. Their findings provide a new window into the early universe. Read more at UArizona News Image
Studying Arctic glaciers with airborne radar: UArizona project attracts $30M from NASA June 10, 2024 The Snow4Flow mission, led by professor Jack Holt, will measure glaciers' ice and snow thickness and help scientists better predict how glacial melting contributes to sea level change. Read more at UArizona News Image
Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star June 6, 2024 A team of astronomers, including UArizona scientists, used the telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, low-mass star. Read more at UArizona News Image
Webb Telescope spots the two most distant galaxies ever seen at cosmic dawn May 30, 2024 Researchers have discovered the most distant galaxy ever detected. The secrets it contains challenge previous assumptions about galactic evolution. Read more at UArizona News Image
Glimpses of a volcanic world: New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft May 30, 2024 Astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a resolution never before achieved with Earth-based observations. Read more at UArizona News Image
'Mind-boggling' quasars and atmospheres of vaporized rock: UArizona astronomers explore cosmos with Webb Telescope May 29, 2024 UArizona astronomers have scored some of the largest chunks of observing time with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona's Marcia Rieke wins $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize May 9, 2024 The award recognizes Regents Professor Rieke's work in infrared astronomy. Rieke led the development of the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera. Read more at UArizona News Image
Steward Observatory alumna Jane Rigby receives Presidential Medal of Freedom May 9, 2024 Jane Rigby, who received her doctoral degree from the UArizona Department of Astronomy in 2006, was recognized for her role in the success of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission and her longtime support of diversity and inclusion in science. Read more at UArizona News Image