U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

June 24, 2025

With a highly reflective, silvery surface, the Rubin Observatory's main mirror acts both as its primary and tertiary light-collecting surface.

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

An analog astronaut spent two weeks sealed inside the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars at Biosphere 2, sharing his breath with 144 pea plants to test how humans and vegetation could sustain each other in space.

CUES funds groundbreaking research in teaching and learning

The Center for University Education Scholarship advances research on teaching and learning, funding projects that utilize AI, learning models and more.

Making cancer vaccines more personal

Researchers used modeling to better understand which tumor proteins can provoke a powerful immune system attack against a type of skin cancer.