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The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. According to simulations, a collision between Pluto and a planetary body that happened relatively slowly and at an oblique angle left the impactor "splatted" onto Pluto's surface. The findings also cast doubt on the existence of a subsurface ocean on Pluto, as was previously speculated.

UArizona scientists mapped the moon for the Apollo missions. Now, as NASA astronauts prepare to return to the moon, two of the three instruments they'll bring have UArizona ties. The instruments will allow them to map moonquakes and the moon's subsurface.

New findings by UArizona researchers offer important insights into the evolution of the lunar interior, and potentially for planets such as Earth and Mars.

Sociologist Charles Gomez is assessing scientific inequity across the globe, how international tensions influence AI research and the implications for international politics. 

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of researchers hopes to be the first to prove the existence of a “water world.”

The invitation highlights the university’s leadership role in space and national security.

He is one of only 20 students nationwide to receive the recognition and be invited to the USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum.

The observations will help astronomers refine their theories about the processes involved in planet formation and shed light on what our sun did when it was very young.

The discovery, led by Haijiang Cai, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, was observed in mice, but the findings could lead to human drug treatments.

A new external report forecasts that quantum initiatives at the University of Arizona will create new jobs and generate $220M+ in economic activity in the next decade.