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Tucson Police, African American Communities Evaluate Relationship

Jul 15, 2016 Success working together creates a less-divided community, they say.
David Sbarra, associate professor & director of clinical training at the University of Arizona Department of Psychology, and Mary-Frances O’Connor, Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona Department of Psychology, discuss how the impact of mental illness can reach well beyond the mind.

UA Alzheimer's Research Looks at Aging Female Brain

Jul 14, 2016 Scientist considers reproductive milestones as triggers
Scientists study the effects of aging on the brain.

UA Researchers Focus on Healthy Aging Brain

Jul 13, 2016 Dementia, Alzheimer's are not inevitable.
An artist's impression shows a view of the triple star system HD 131399 from close to the giant planet orbiting in the system.

UA Student Discovers Distant Planet in Three-Star System

Jul 7, 2016 Four times Jupiter's mass, celestial body can offer clues to planetary formation.
Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:56 a.m. (EDT) on May 16, 2011, from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Tucson Company Improving Space Mission Water Quality

Jul 4, 2016 Paragon Space Development process increases recycled water.
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter will examine the origin and evolution of the solar system's largest planet.

UA Scientist to Delve into Jupiter's Secrets in Flyby

Jun 29, 2016 Juno spacecraft reaches solar system's largest planet July 4 after five-year journey.
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217 is the first image of a celestial object taken with the newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.

Flagstaff Astronomers Find Planet Orbiting Young Star

Jun 1, 2016 Prior discoveries of big planets were limited to old stars; this one's 'only' 2 million years.

Personal Drones Can Endanger Wildfire Fighting Efforts

May 30, 2016 Use of personal unmanned aerial vehicles near a fire grounds aerial firefighting efforts
UA planetary scientist Erich Karkoschka's images of Jupiter and Uranus are featured on US postage stamps issued May 31, 2016.

UA Planetary Images Get (Postage) Stamp of Approval

May 30, 2016 Scientist’s work will now grace U.S. mail
Completed in 1962, the National Solar Observatory's McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, is the world's largest solar telescope.

Era of Solar Discovery on Kitt Peak Coming to an End

May 25, 2016 Larger telescope on Maui will continue research
Computer generated image of objects in Earth orbit. Approximately 95 percent of the objects in this illustration are orbital debris (i.e., not functional satellites).

Meet Outer Space's First Traffic Controller, in Residence at UA

May 25, 2016 Research aims at keeping Earth-orbiting objects moving safely.
A clock counts down the days until the OSIRIS-REx launch in September 2016.

Spacecraft for UA Asteroid Mission Heads to Florida Friday

May 17, 2016 Preparation begins for launch Sept. 8 on seven-year-long mission.

Tucson Amateur Astronomers Host Free Star Party

May 12, 2016 Saturday is international Astronomy Day

Tucson Researcher Receives Honor for Service to Planetary Science

May 10, 2016 Planetary Science Institute head Mark V. Sykes awarded by peers
Students at Cienega High School in Vail use telescopes to observe Mercury passing between the Sun and Earth during the May 9, 2016, transit event.

Vail's Cienega High Students to Document 2017 Solar Eclipse

May 9, 2016 Monday's Mercury transit provides telescope and data collection training.

Pima County Faces Scrutiny over Space Company Lease

May 6, 2016 Goldwater Institute says lease violates Arizona Constitution, county says it's legal.

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