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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

Two baby planets, each surrounded by a disk of gas and dusk, are pictured in this artist's illustration. Both orbit a common host star, glowing as a small ball of light in the distance.

Mysterious red dot first spotted by U of A astronomers reveals itself as a baby planet orbiting a young star

Graphic rendering of asteroid 16 Psyche

Large craters offer clues to the origin of asteroid 16 Psyche

Image capture of SMC

A galaxy next door is transforming, and astronomers can see it happening

Two researchers wearing bunny suits are seen working on a lab bench with optical equipment

U of A to build instruments for new space telescope

This artist's illustrations shows a spiral galaxy swirling around a bright ball of light at its center. Jets of gas and energy shoot out of the center in both directions perpendicular to the galaxy's disk.

Cosmic predators: How supermassive black holes slow star growth in nearby galaxies

Marcia Rieke Galaxy Slam press conference photo

How reaching for the hoop prepared Marcia Rieke to reach for the stars

Artist's illustration of the Pandora spacecraft, consisting of a telescope lens and three solar panels extended. The sun and Jupiter are in the background.

Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, takes flight

Galaxies of many shapes and colors dot the black background of distant space, with an inset zooming in on the red object dubbed "Virgil," the object of the study reported here.

The monster hiding in plain sight: JWST reveals cosmic shapeshifter in the early universe

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