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June 1, 2026

U of A program bridges historical gap in swimming access, now for teens and adults

The African American Museum of Southern Arizona, which provides free swimming lessons with U of A Aquatics to address disparities in swim access, has expanded its youth program to include teens and adults.

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.

May 6, 2026

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

Silhouetted against the blue sky, a small drone is seen hovering a few feet above the grey, barren, rock-strewn surface of a debris-covered glacier.

April 28, 2026

Drone radar reveals buried glaciers on Earth, guiding the search for water on Mars

Entrance to the Mysteries of the Cosmos exhibit

April 28, 2026

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

A group of researchers poses for a photo at a road cut exposing tan-colored sandstone sediments next to a highway in Chile.

April 17, 2026

Andes volcanoes – the missing link between algae blooms, whales and climate millions of years ago

A man wearing a dark blue, short-sleeved buttondown with medium length brown hair sits at a desk, while a woman wearing a light blue short-sleeve buttondown sits on the esdge of the desk behind him. On the desk is a 3D printer with a black, plastic ear on the printing tray. Behind the printer is a computer screen. The scene is set within a college dorm.

April 6, 2026

Turning up the volume on global health, U of A students take aim at $1M Hult Prize

Artist's illustration showing the glowing ball that is the sun in the center, surrounded by a spiky shell of fuzzy, gray lines.

Jan. 29, 2026

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U of A program bridges historical gap in swimming access, now for teens and adults

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

Drone radar reveals buried glaciers on Earth, guiding the search for water on Mars

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

Andes volcanoes – the missing link between algae blooms, whales and climate millions of years ago

Turning up the volume on global health, U of A students take aim at $1M Hult Prize

Kissing the sun: U of A researchers unravel mysteries of the solar wind

MrBeast takes over Biosphere 2, from rooftop to rainforest

New species are now being discovered faster than ever before, study suggests

Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats