Report reveals Super Bowl scale economic impact from UA Space Sciences
Astronomy, optical sciences and space exploration generate significant money and jobs for Southern Arizona.
NASA grants UA space facility $3,000,000
The funding will support researchers' search for clues from the earliest days of the solar system
UA students prepare to put their own cubesat into space
The cereal box-sized "CatSat" will transmit data to UA's Biosphere 2.
Scientists are taking a closer look at Saturn's moon Enceladus
The ice moon spouts geysers of water that could harbor basics for extraterrestrial life.
Pima County cuts new deal with World View
Previous lease with near-space exploration firm was "unconstitutional."
UA scientists still learning from Apollo 17 rocks 50 years ago
University of Arizona lunar scientists are still discovering details from the last manned moon mission's rocks.
OSIRIS APEX
OSIRIS APEX is a new name for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, to accompany its new mission to explore the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.
Researcher theorizes ancient Mars underwent climate change disaster
An article suggests life on the Red Planet doomed itself and altered the environment.
University of Arizona asteroid hunters celebrate success of DART mission
Spacewatch has used UA telescopes to search for near-Earth asteroids since the 1980s.
Out of this world: space tourism expected to launch in 2024
World View, based in Tucson, is now in their preliminary design stage.
NASA sets up collision with far-away asteroid
The DART mission will test whether Earth-fired weapons might someday push world-threatening objects off course.
Space Robots
A robotics lab at the University of Arizona is developing swarms of autonomous space robots capable of constructing bases and mining for resources on other celestial bodies like the Moon.
U.S. Space Command chooses UA as inaugural partner in new program
University's long history in space research cited
Ground-based telescopes need love, too
Research continues quietly atop S. Arizona mountains while the Webb space telescope makes headlines.
James Webb Telescope scientists dive into interstellar study
Astronomers are beginning to settle into a routine of regular research assignments.
