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A cylindrical space telescope against purplish filaments overlaid with a sprinkling of swirling galaxies in the background.

U of A scientists play crucial roles in Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope science, eagerly await Sunday's launch

A metallic spacecraft takes up most of this image. Its body is made of a cylindrical telescope attached to a square base. Inside the telescope is the reflection of an orange star. A line of three solar panels extends from the right side of the spacecraft at a 45-degree angle. On the right side of the background is a large planet streaked with purple, pink, and white. To the left of the planet are two stars.

Pandora mission begins science operations

a gray, cloudy disk seen from the side. From the center, winds of blue-white emerge. Behind is a starry background.

Planet formation is a 'race against time,' according to new U of A research

This telescope image shows asteroid Nysa as three-dimensional, bright body, with an arrow pointing at another object, Nysa's tiny moon, located a small distance away.

Three-lobed asteroid is a world unlike any other

Illustration showing Faraday rotation in the radio afterglow of a gamma-ray burst as polarized radio waves pass through a magnetized cloud of gas.

How stars die: Astronomers detect magnetic fingerprint of a cosmic explosion for the first time

In this illustration, matter swirling around a supermassive black hole glows brightly, while two beams of highly energetic particles are depicted shooting out from the center in both directions perpendicular to the swirling disk of gas and matter.

The two most distant quasars ever observed: U of A astronomers help shatter cosmic record

Several satellites

U of A leads space domain awareness research with $8.6M from Space Force

This artist's concept shows a galaxy with spiral arms populated densely by stars, shown in blue. A bright, glowing ball in the center pushes energetic gas and dust (shown in pink) that ripples across the dust, slamming into the star-forming spiral arms.

Cosmic blowtorches: How quasars shut down star formation in the early universe

Entrance to the Mysteries of the Cosmos exhibit

Investigate the possibility of alien life at Flandrau's newest exhibit

A woman in a blue dress with white stitching and long brown hair and dark yellow sunglasses stands with her arms crossed in front of a rusted wall.

U of A professors Elaine Romero, Erika Hamden named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows

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