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Photograph from the lunar surface shows Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt.

UA scientists still learning from Apollo 17 rocks 50 years ago

Dec 19, 2022 University of Arizona lunar scientists are still discovering details from the last manned moon mission's rocks.
Researchers think Mars was an ocean planet 4 billion years ago.

Researcher theorizes ancient Mars underwent climate change disaster

Oct 21, 2022 An article suggests life on the Red Planet doomed itself and altered the environment.
Illustration of DART satellite closing in on asteroid moon Dimorphos.

University of Arizona asteroid hunters celebrate success of DART mission

Oct 14, 2022 Spacewatch has used UA telescopes to search for near-Earth asteroids since the 1980s.
An illustration of a World View balloon above the Earth.

Out of this world: space tourism expected to launch in 2024

Oct 8, 2022 World View, based in Tucson, is now in their preliminary design stage.
Artist's illustration of an Earth-type exoplanet.

Super Earths are out there

Sep 28, 2022 Scientists find most exoplanets they have discovered are similar to our home world.
John de Lancie appeared for the final time (?) as "Q" in Star Trek: Picard, season 2.

True Concord Voices & Orchestra premieres "Helios", and welcomes a friend from the final frontier - actor John de Lancie.

Sep 22, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Patrick Robles, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Student, urges the City of Tucson to keep public transit free; and The Tucson Orchid Society celebrates 50 years of shared fascination.
The Milky Way seen from Reddington Pass east of Tucson. May 2022

First-ever 'Oracle Dark Sky Cultural Festival' is this week

Sep 22, 2022 Residents embrace the economic boost to the town.
Illustration of DART satellite closing in on asteroid moon Dimorphos.

NASA sets up collision with far-away asteroid

Sep 21, 2022 The DART mission will test whether Earth-fired weapons might someday push world-threatening objects off course.
A view of the mall at the University of Arizona taken from the Student Union.

U.S. Space Command chooses UA as inaugural partner in new program

Sep 15, 2022 University's long history in space research cited

Ground-based telescopes need love, too

Aug 29, 2022 Research continues quietly atop S. Arizona mountains while the Webb space telescope makes headlines.
The asteroid impact that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs may not have been the only one.

UA researcher follows trail of a possible second dinosaur-killing asteroid

Aug 17, 2022 A new study looks for clues in an underwater impact crater near Africa.
Image from James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope scientists dive into interstellar study

Aug 15, 2022 Astronomers are beginning to settle into a routine of regular research assignments.
A 2-second image exposure shows Starlink satellites in front of a star field.

University of Arizona graduate tracks satellite constellations for beleagured astronomers

Aug 9, 2022 Her study comes as Space X prepares to launch more sky-cluttering Starlink spacecraft.
The Milky Way seen from Reddington Pass east of Tucson. May 2022

Virgin Galactic picks Mesa as site for spaceplanes assembly

Jul 14, 2022 The craft will support the company's plans for flights from New Mexico.
Illustration of a proposed Mars glider.

University of Arizona researchers testing ideas for lightweight Mars glider

Jul 8, 2022 It would coast through the Martian skies far from landers and rovers on the surface.
The first scientific images from the James Webb Space Telescope are due July 12.

James Webb Telescope ready for science

Jun 29, 2022 Scientists say all the spacecraft's instruments are aligned for operation.

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