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Composed of images taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1995 and 1998, this reprocessed image of the icy Jovian moon Europa shows cracks, ridges, “microchaos,” and more. We now believe that Europa, like several other moons in the solar system, is an ocean world. Due to heat caused by Jupiter’s gravitational push-and-pull, there is liquid salt water beneath the ice, water that may contain life.

"Beyond Earth's Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight".

Jan 22, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: "DUSTWUN", a film about life, death and trust on the U.S. / Mexico Border.
Quasars are the very bright centers of distant galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes.

UA astronomers observe far-away quasar for clues to universe's early years

Jan 19, 2021 The galactic phenomenon is more than 13 billion light years from Earth.
The proposed Aspera mission will chart the territory between galaxies from Earth orbit.

UA researchers receive grant to build new space telescope

Jan 11, 2021 The Aspera project is expected to launch in 2024.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner-Phoenix morgue overflows with COVID-19 dead

Dec 18, 2020 Hospital calls on refrigerated trucks as the pandemic grows.
UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Tucson

Dec 17, 2020 TMC, Banner-UMC giving vaccine to front line health care workers
The state says health care workers are at the top of the priority list for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin Thursday in Pima County

Dec 14, 2020 Most people will get theirs in spring or early summer.
Front-line health care workers will be the first to receive the vaccine.

Arizona health director outlines state vaccine plans

Dec 12, 2020 Front-line health care workers will be first in line.
Agnese Nelms Haury

A Tucson Original: Agnese Haury

Dec 10, 2020 Listen to an oral history of Agnese Haury's remarkable life, as told by those who knew and loved her.
The Amphi Foundation says it will provide free internet for students for at least six months.

Tucson rolling out, taking applications for free wireless internet

Dec 9, 2020 The grant-funded free internet access is for those affected by COVID-19.
A voter turns in his ballot at a polling site set up at Tucson's Temple Emanu-El on the day of Arizona's primary election, Aug. 4, 2020.

Overcoming Post-Election Partisan Hostility

Nov 19, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: The VOTE Program uses conversation to defuse political conflict, and a pair of personal reflections on Election 2020 from Adiba Nelson and Fenton Johnson.
The Minke whale gets unloaded in Bisbee.

Minke whale skeleton comes to Bisbee

Nov 18, 2020 Students with the Bisbee Science Lab will clean and reassemble the whale for display.
An artist’s conception shows habitable-zone exoplanets with similarities to Earth: from left, Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-452b, Kepler-62f and Kepler-186f. Last in line is Earth itself.

Exoplanets get starring role in Sierra Vista exhibit

Nov 17, 2020 The traveling program is designed with COVID-19 concerns in mind.
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: Halloween parties raided at UA, spending big on Prop 208, trails reopen in Santa Catalinas

Nov 2, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Nov. 2
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stows the TAGSAM collection head after gathering samples from the surface of the asteroid Bennu, Oct. 29, 2020

OSIRIS-REx stows its asteroid sample earlier than planned

Oct 29, 2020 The decision was made when the team determined they had plenty of material, which was leaking from the collection head.
Tobacco hornworms in a tray at the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. November 2019.

UA professor developing insects as food to address 2050 protein shortage

Oct 23, 2020 The global population will reach an estimated 10 billion people by then.
An image captured by OSIRIS-REx captures the moment before the spacecraft performed a touch-and-go maneuver on the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample from its surface on Oct. 20, 2020.

OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid tag historic moment for NASA

Oct 23, 2020 The mission's principal investigator discusses the next steps.

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