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World View headquarters outside of Tucson.

High-altitude balloon company World View completes 16-day flight

The Tucson-based company plans on marketing its balloon service next year.
Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff.

Lowell Observatory marks 125th anniversary with 3-day celebration

The Flagstaff observatory, which took part in confirming the expansion of the universe, has embarked on a multiyear expansion plan.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison during her 1992 mission as crew member on the space shuttle Endeavor.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison: "Living Deeply and Looking Up"

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Asteroid Itokawa is the much-battered remnant of a larger parent body. The samples provided by JAXA and studied by Jin and Bose came from the feature called the Muses Sea, which is the smooth area in the middle of Itokawa.

Asteroid Sample Helps Settle Which Scientific Theories Hold Water

Research at ASU suggests a family of common, silicon-rich asteroids could hold enough water to fill half the Earth's oceans.
Hot gas swirls and outlines the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 under influence of gravity near its event horizon.

UA Astronomers Contribute to Historic Image of Black Hole

Faculty and student researchers worked on the method used to generate the groundbreaking picture.
Hot gas swirls and outlines the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 under influence of gravity near its event horizon.

Astronomers Reveal First Image of a Black Hole

The picture, assembled from data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, shows the hot, shadowy lip of a supermassive black hole
Dr. Mae Jemison speaking at TED2016.

Former Astronaut Mae Jemison to Speak at UA Commencement

The space exploration trailblazer will address the class of 2019 in May.
Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover

Scientists Confirm Methane on Mars, Locate Possible Source

The authors also used geology and climate models to plot the gas's likely source.
The SPHEREx mission will use optical and near-infrared light to survey the sky.

SPHEREx Mission Will Look at the Universe With '3-D Glasses'

UA astronomers are participating in the new NASA mission to study the universe.
OSIRIS-REx photograph shows material being ejected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in January 2019.

OSIRIS-REx Photographs Unique Particles Blasted From Bennu

An unexpected discovery excites UA scientists leading the asteroid sampling mission.
Harrison H. Schmitt stands next to a split lunar boulder on the Apollo 17 mission in this photo from Dec. 13, 1972.

UA Scientists Chosen to Examine Unopened Moon Samples

Rocks and soil were collected during Apollo missions almost 50 years ago.
The far side of the moon as imaged by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

UA Lunar Scientists Anticipate Discoveries From China Moon Mission

The unmanned Chinese craft executed the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon.
The first color image of Ultima Thule, captured at a distance of 85,000 miles. The image at right shows an overlay of the color image at left on the center image. Learn [more](http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190102).

UA Scientists View Historic Photos of Flyby at Edge of Solar System

The New Horizons spacecraft took the first photos of planetoid Ultima Thule.
Scientists announce water findings in the clay of the asteroid Bennu in this still image from a livestream of the American Geophysical Union's 2018 Fall meeting. From left, Jeffrey Grossman, OSIRIS-REx program scientist at NASA Headquarters; Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona; Amy Simon, OVIRS Deputy Instrument Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; and Michael Nolan, OSIRIS-REx science team chief at the University of Arizona.

OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Finds Water On Asteroid

The asteroid Bennu may offer clues about Earth's habitability.
The Aurora Borealis dances over the U.S. Midwest Jan. 25, 2012, from the vantage point of the International Space Station.

UA-Backed Solar Wind Explorer Sending Back Data

The Parker Solar Probe has started to prove theories about solar wind first proposed in the '50s, a researcher says.
The asteroid Bennu from the final approach of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

Asteroid Receives Holiday Visitor: OSIRIS-REx Arrives at Bennu

About the size of an SUV, the spacecraft will shadow the asteroid for a year, before scooping up some gravel for return to Earth in 2023.

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