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The Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory launches from McMurdo Scientific Station in the Antarctic.

UA Astronomers Study Milky Way via Balloon over South Pole

Dec 27, 2016 Scientists looking for clues to origins of universe in 'interstellar medium.'

Supercomputer Helps Neurological Institute Identify Elusive ALS Patterns

Dec 16, 2016 Barrow turned to IBM's Watson to process data about the neuromuscular disease.

The Art of Paying Attention: Great Horned Owls

Dec 15, 2016 Author & wildlife illustrator Beth Surdut tracks some of nature's most accomplished masters of camouflage in Tucson.
Company CEO Jim Cantrell said a Vector rocket is small enough to fit on the back of a commercial truck.

Land Lease in Place, Vector Looks to Future in Tucson

Dec 14, 2016 A company executive said plans are to build a factory in 2017, then start hiring staff.
Scanning electron microscope images of two samples from El Tatio, Chile: (b) (scale bar = 20 micrometers) shows silica-encrusted microbial filaments and sheaths, and spindle-shaped diatoms (arrows); (d) (scale bar = 50 micrometers) shows silicified sheaths of Calothrix, a type of blue-green algae.

Chilean Desert Dust Deepens Case for Life on Mars

Dec 14, 2016 Though not proof, it's strong cause to return to explore Martian soil.

Tucsonan Helps Gather African-American Genealogies

Dec 13, 2016 Volunteer was among thousands who worked on Civil War-era records for database.

On Way to Bennu, OSIRIS-REx Looks for 'Trojan' Asteroids

Dec 13, 2016 The rare objects are hidden from view of Earth's telescopes.
Drone over Yuma fields.

Precision Agriculture Taking Off For Yuma Farmers With Drones

Dec 12, 2016 Drones can detect disease, pollinate and project yields, among other tasks.
An unidentified Raytheon employee works on a weapons component at the Tucson plant.

Raytheon Begins its Expansion, Adding 2,000 at Tucson Plant

Dec 9, 2016 Tucson's largest private employer ready for new employees, buildings on South Side.
A picture postcard issued by the University of Arizona of Steward Observatory, 1955.

$60K 'Started Ball Rolling' on World-Class Astronomy Research at UA

Dec 8, 2016 Donation 100 years ago went for Steward Observatory at eastern edge of campus.

Brain Cancer Study: Some Tumors More Vulnerable to Traditional Treatments

Dec 8, 2016 Common, complex and deadly, old-school methods seem to work better on GBM tumors.
Artist's concept of the Psyche spacecraft, a proposed mission for NASA's Discovery program that would conduct a direct exploration of an object thought to be a stripped planetary core.

Flagstaff Scientist Detects Water on Rare Metal Asteroid

Dec 1, 2016 Another group of scientists wants to send a spacecraft to the asteroid, named Psyche.
The Hadza people, in north-central Tanzania, are among the last hunter-gatherers on Earth.

Healthy Hearts of Hunter-Gatherers Show Value of Exercise

Nov 30, 2016 Tanzania's Hadza foragers, and others like them, are around 14 times more active than people in industrialized societies.
A monarch butterfly.

Southwest Monarch Study Gets $89K To Track Butterflies

Nov 28, 2016 The award was part of a larger effort to aid in the recovery of a declining Monarch population.
This dazzling infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the swirling core of our spiral Milky Way galaxy. In visible-light pictures, this region cannot be seen at all because dust lying between Earth and the galactic center blocks our view.

Rare Comet Trio Has Astronomers Crowdsourcing Observers

Nov 28, 2016 Planetary Science Institute hoping for continuous help from amateurs and professionals.
The Moon

Look to Skies to See 'Super Moon' Sunday Night

Nov 11, 2016 Moon's orbit brings it close to Earth during its full phase.

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