'Mind-boggling' quasars and atmospheres of vaporized rock: UArizona astronomers explore cosmos with Webb Telescope

May 29, 2024

Artist’s impression of a high-redshift quasar as it would have appeared a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Powered by a supermassive black hole at their center, such quasars can be 1000 times more luminous than the Milky Way galaxy.

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

Recently reported methane signatures detected by the James Webb Space Telescope could be a hint to it potentially harboring life, but University of Arizona researcher Sukrit Ranjan urges caution.

Research communications teams win PRSA awards

Three IMPACT Awards for general marketing communications were presented during a ceremony October 16.

Harper lecture puts sixth extinction in historical context

The second Distinguished Research Lecture of the fall featured Kyle Harper on his interdisciplinary approach to understanding the biodiversity crisis.