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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

The decision was made when the team determined they had plenty of material, which was leaking from the collection head.
An image captured by OSIRIS-REx captures the moment before the spacecraft performed a touch-and-go maneuver on the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample from its surface on Oct. 20, 2020.

OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid tag historic moment for NASA

The mission's principal investigator discusses the next steps.
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

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

The UA-led project is a first for NASA.
First image of a black hole in galaxy M-87

Nobel committee cites UA astronomy breakthrough in prize award

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

Planetary spacecraft from three countries are en route to the Red Planet.
OSIRIS-REx depicted in orbit around Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx closing in on asteroid sampling attempt

The UA-backed mission is one week away from its crucial maneuver.
Image of Comet Neowise.

Interplanetary visitor sweeps past Earth

Bright Neowise comet surprises space scientists in Tucson.
Tucson candlelight vigil for George Floyd, held at the Dunbar Center on June 1st, 2020.

Adiba Nelson asks “What will it take for America to understand the pain of Black women?”

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Hubble space telescope.

Hubble space telescope marks 30 years of exploration

The space science landmark received help from the University of Arizona.
Image shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approaching the asteroid Bennu in an April 14 rehearsal of the sample collection.

OSIRIS-REx passes milestone by rehearsing approach to asteroid

The first major rehearsal had the added challenge of COVID-19, which meant the mission's team could not be together for the test.
NASA astronauts (from left), Fred Haise, Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert aboard the U. S. aircraft carrier Iwo Jima April 17, 1970.

Tucsonan recalls historic Apollo 13 rescue mission

Space scientist helped NASA plot the astronauts' emergency route home.
Two images captured approximately one year apart with the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope show the apparent dimming of the star Betelgeuse.

Star Betelgeuse's mysterious dimming has the attention of UA astronomer

If the star goes “supernova,” Narsi Anugu says it will provide a boost the field of astronomy.
Titan consists mainly of plains (green), dunes (purple), and hummocks and mountains (orange).Hundreds of lakes and seas (blue) occupy its poles. Broken terrain (magenta), possibly like karst on Earth, occupies high latitudes. Craters are shown in red.

First full geologic map of Titan reveals moon of varied landscapes

An author says the findings call for a new mission to the large moon of Saturn.
Scientists theorize dark matter exists in the space between galaxies.

UA prof giving public talk on dark matter in Spanish

Graduate students had the idea to host a lecture for Spanish speakers.
Three tiny satellites deployed from the International Space Station. Scientists warn satellites are becoming smaller and harder to track from Earth.

Scientist warns of tons of orbiting space junk, with more on the way

The debris is a byproduct of things we take for granted in our way life, Al Anzaldua says.

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