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An aerial view of Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral, Fla., the site where a Falcon 9 rocket from the private company SpaceX exploded on Sept. 1, 2016.

NASA: UA Space Launch On Track Despite Rocket Explosion

Sep 1, 2016 Incident at adjacent launchpad prompts look at potential effects on asteroid mission.
A Mayan pyramid on the Belize-Guatemala border, where NAU scientists found a secret tomb.

NAU Expedition Uncovers Mayan Tomb in Belize

Aug 29, 2016 Burial chamber 5 times as large as typical Mayan tomb found at Xunantunich.
Kuiper Space Sciences Building at the University of Arizona.

Asteroid Mission Focus of UA Planetary Science Open House

Aug 26, 2016 Next door, the Flandrau Science Center will unveil its renovated planetarium theater.
Water pours from two spigots.

Hopi Cultural Center to Reduce Arsenic in Drinking Water

Aug 25, 2016 EPA orders center to come up with measures as part of multiyear management plan.
As of 2005, scientists say there were 29 surviving populations of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse in the Southwest, but biologists say they believe there may be fewer now.

Team 'Inks' Endangered Mouse in Arizona, New Mexico

Aug 24, 2016 NAU researchers confirm species' range in region using special inkpads.

Monsoon Knock Your Power Out? There's an App for That

Aug 23, 2016 New TEP app services include bill payment and service-issue alerts.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

OSIRIS-REx Rocket Ready for Dress Rehearsal

Aug 23, 2016 With blastoff around the corner, UA-led mission's ride heading to launch pad for testing

Credit Card Skimmers on the Rise at Arizona Gas Stations

Aug 23, 2016 The devices intercept info on card's magnetic strip, allowing it to be duplicated for theft.

UA Asteroid Mission Aims for Clues to Solar System Origins

Aug 17, 2016 OSIRIS-REx launch window opens Sept. 8; flight scheduled for 7 years.
The NOAO Mayall 4-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

UA Scientists to Make 3-D Map of Universe for Dark Energy Clues

Aug 17, 2016 Kitt Peak instrument will measure light of 35 million objects over 5 years.
The exterior of Banner University Medical Center.

UA's Hart Asks Regents for Health Sciences Investigation

Aug 16, 2016 Move comes following allegations of misuse of public funds and alteration of public documents.
Caris (second from left) at the dedication of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.

Richard Caris, UA Mirror Lab Namesake, Dies at 81

Aug 15, 2016 Caris valued 'exciting projects and the people that were trying to do them.'
Botteri's sparrow is found mostly in Mexico but its habitat extends into small parts of southeast Arizona and Texas.

Hot and Humid for Humans, Bountiful for Nature

Aug 8, 2016 Plants and animals thrive with the summer monsoon rains.
An artist's conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx Mission Undergoing Finishing Touches for Launch

Aug 4, 2016 Scientists say spacecraft in good shape; scheduled launch is 34 days away.
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter will examine the origin and evolution of the solar system's largest planet.

Tucson Planetary Researcher Awaits Far Out Photo Op

Aug 4, 2016 Camera aboard spacecraft Juno, now orbiting Jupiter, soon wll deliver images.
False-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor, seen by a camera at New Mexico State University.

Two Meteor Showers Will Dazzle in Arizona's August Sky

Jul 28, 2016 Overlapping showers mean lots of visible shooting stars.

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