University of Arizona News, Archive - University of Arizona News

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.

An epidemiologist says a new method of COVID-19 sampling uses salt water to collect material from the back of the throat, the same place where a nasal swab would capture cells.

New COVID sampling method as easy as gargling mouthwash

Oct 29, 2020 The newly developed method is in its preliminary stages and has been tried on the UA campus.

News roundup: Pima County struggles with contact tracing, vote-by-mail deadline arrives

Oct 26, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 26.

A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA president urges caution over Halloween

Oct 26, 2020 Robbins also says the financial hit from COVID-19 has not been as bad as expected.

California Sen. Kamala Harris (L) and Vice President Mike Pence in a televised debate, October 7, 2020.

Do political debates still have value?

Oct 22, 2020 A UA expert on civil discourse insists voters have the final say.

Still image from Oct. 20 video of the OSIRIS-REx sample collection event, with rocks flying around the arm of TAGSAM after it makes contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

Preliminary data suggests OSIRIS-REx sample event a success

Oct 22, 2020 The first pictures back from the asteroid Bennu have been welcomed as good news by mission scientists.

Artist’s conception of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx touches an asteroid

Oct 21, 2020 The UA-led project is a first for NASA.

Tohono O'odham Nation Legislative Council Chairman Timothy Joaquin, Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr., and University of Arizona President Robert Robbins at the press conference announcing the nation's donations to the UA and Arizona State University to further COVID-19 research Oct. 19, 2020.

Tohono O'odham Nation donating $1 million to UA for COVID-19 research

Oct 20, 2020 The tribe also said it will donate another $1 million to Arizona State University.

University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Tucson Council asks UA to test all students

Oct 19, 2020 President Robbins says it's not possible now.

First image of a black hole in galaxy M-87

Nobel committee cites UA astronomy breakthrough in prize award

Oct 19, 2020 Nobel Prize-winners in physics built on the success of the Event Horizon imaging project.

The Mars 2020 rover is among the planetary explorers set to make news in 2021.

Trio of Mars missions to follow OSIRIS-REx on space exploration calendar

Oct 15, 2020 Planetary spacecraft from three countries are en route to the Red Planet.

UA researchers find longer-lasting immunity for COVID-19 patients

Oct 14, 2020 The discovery shows antibodies were still being produced months after infection.

OSIRIS-REx depicted in orbit around Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx closing in on asteroid sampling attempt

Oct 13, 2020 The UA-backed mission is one week away from its crucial maneuver.

UA officials worried about holidays

Oct 12, 2020 COVID-19 numbers are dropping on campus and are not to blame for a local increase in numbers.

Simulation of M87 black hole showing bright blue thin ring — the edge of the black hole shadow.

Black hole study narrows leeway for tweaks to Einstein's gravity theory

Oct 8, 2020 The theory of general relativity remains hugely successful, but it leaves open some enduring questions surrounding the origins of dark matter.

Minority journalists brought stories and images of social justice demonstrations worldwide in 2020.

UA School of Journalism starting diversity scholarship

Oct 7, 2020 A fundraiser forum discussed how minority journalists covered 2020 social justice movements.

University of Arizona News