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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.

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

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

Artist's illustration of the TRAPPIST system shows the star as an orange glowing ball with four of its seven planets orbiting around it.

A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Earth fills most of the image, a moody blue globe mostly covered with tiny blueish white clouds like carpet pile or sheep’s wool. In the foreground, the instrument panel is dark enough to be nearly in silhouette, like a city skyline. A tall thin rectangle juts up from the left side of the panel, like a tall building, which is part of the SamCam. In the center, a shorter, squatter polygon shape is the OLA instrument. A slightly lighter colored Y shape lays on its side in front of the OLA.

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft takes selfie with Earth during flyby

Comet 3I/ATLAS is visible as a smudgy, white speck with a diffuse halo around it against jet-black background of space.

U of A's Mars camera gets close look at comet from interstellar space

University of Arizona astronomer develops novel method to make AI more trustworthy

A person opens the door to a sealed habitat as a second person exits, waving and smiling.

Dwarf peas inside Biosphere 2's SAM breathe new life into space habitat research

In this rendering, the lunar surface is represented by false colors. A blue circle indicates the low-lying South Pole-Aitken impact basin, surrounded by red and orange ejecta blankets to the south.

The moon's biggest impact crater made a radioactive splash

At night, the open dome reveals the dish of the Arizona Radio Observatory's 12-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak

New images reveal clues about the feeding habits of black holes

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