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Old Main building on the UArizona campus

Feb. 14, 2025

U of A astronomer Erika Hamden named to Arizona Space Commission

Two smiling men stand beside a large telescope on a rooftop observatory with a mountain range in the background. The image highlights the telescope's size and design, with the open sky and cityscape visible behind them, suggesting a setting for astronomical research.

Nov. 12, 2024

New 'spectral fingerprint' atlas of satellites aims to improve space security

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

Wednesday

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.

Tuesday

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.

July 6, 2026

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

NASA’s SESAR-LITE radar instrument inside the University of Arizona’s giant thermal vacuum chamber

June 17, 2026

NASA lunar radar instrument is first test subject in U of A's giant thermal vacuum chamber

The milestone positions U of A's Space Institute alongside elite government and commercial testing facilities, as SESAR-LITE hunts for water ice hidden beneath the lunar surface.

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U of A astronomer Erika Hamden named to Arizona Space Commission

New 'spectral fingerprint' atlas of satellites aims to improve space security

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

Pandora mission begins science operations

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

U of A begins building moon-bound EMILIA-3D to study lunar terrain

Three-lobed asteroid is a world unlike any other

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

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

NASA lunar radar instrument is first test subject in U of A's giant thermal vacuum chamber