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Cosmic blowtorches: How quasars shut down star formation in the early universe

"Super quasars" – extremely bright galactic centers powered by supermassive black holes – are the likely culprits behind galaxies shutting down star formation long before they should have in the very young universe.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Members of the CatSat launch team, some wearing black "CatSat Launch Team" shirts, stand on the University of Arizona Mall at night, looking up at the bright plume of a SpaceX rocket arcing across the dark sky above campus palm trees and buildings.

Inside CatSat: the U of A student-led satellite mission

Hands-on space mission teaches students how quick problem solving—not smooth execution—helps prepare them for careers in the space industry.

Bob Bodnar

U of A appoints Bodnar to lead mining, critical minerals institute

Robert J. Bodnar will shape the vision, structure and long-term direction of the university's research initiative in mining, critical minerals and subsurface science and innovation.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Alt Text: Roberto Furfaro poses in front of a screen depicting Earth surrounded by tracked orbital objects, with bright green paths illustrating their trajectories through space.

U of A professor joins international effort to ensure space safety and sustainability

Roberto Furfaro is part of an expert group advising on space situational awareness – the ability to characterize, track and understand the behavior of objects in space – amid a growing number of satellites and debris orbiting Earth.

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Native American representatives gather with UArizona leaders for third Tribal Leaders Summit

June 12, 2024

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Cybersecurity Clinic will protect businesses from online threats, develop students' career skills

June 12, 2024

a field of galaxies and bright supernovas are circled in green

UArizona graduate student and team discover most distant supernovas ever found

June 11, 2024

a view of clouds from the window of an aircraft

Peeking into the invisible world of the atmosphere

June 10, 2024

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Studying Arctic glaciers with airborne radar: UArizona project attracts $30M from NASA

June 10, 2024

An artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a disk of gas and dust.

Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star

June 6, 2024

A man wearing sunglasses and a navy blue polo shirtkneels next to a medium-sized yellow dog wearing a "Service Dog" vest.

Veterans with service dogs may have fewer PTSD symptoms, higher quality of life

June 4, 2024

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Squirreling it away: Unraveling food hoarding behavior to conserve endangered squirrels

June 4, 2024

Ginny L. Clements Academic Center

Arizona athletes post banner spring semester in classroom

May 31, 2024

a collection of galaxies, with a pullout of one blurry reddish galaxy

Webb Telescope spots the two most distant galaxies ever seen at cosmic dawn

May 30, 2024

The two primary mirrors are visible in this photo taken of the Large Binocular Telescope at dusk

Glimpses of a volcanic world: New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft

May 30, 2024

A man in a white shirt and grey sweat pants sits at the edge of a bed.

The mind after midnight: Study shows disrupted sleep increases risk for suicide and homicide

May 29, 2024

A periodical cicada of the genus Magicicada perched on a tulip tree stalk.

What's the buzz? 10 things you (probably) didn't know about cicadas

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.

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

May 29, 2024

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Architecture students' award-winning designs will help Hopi Tribe expand solar-powered housing, education

May 28, 2024

New national food safety alliance creates culturally respectful food safety training for Native American food growers

May 23, 2024

A black, white and grey image of a CT scan

Professor uses CT network to 'open the doors of science and let everyone in'

May 22, 2024

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Mapping Racist Covenants: How a UArizona geographer's research informed a new Arizona law

May 22, 2024

Students compile data to yield insights into plant growth

May 22, 2024

a sign that says "caution extreme heat danger" next to a road in a desert

New federally funded center will rely on UArizona expertise to help communities manage extreme heat

May 20, 2024

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$1M gift to UArizona School Garden Workshop launches 'Sprouts House' project

May 15, 2024

Student Success District

UArizona places among top 0.5% of world universities in CWUR rankings

May 13, 2024

A pair of firefighters in full protective equipment hold a hose that is spraying water onto an active fire

Research shows altered regulation of genes linked to prostate cancer in firefighters

May 13, 2024

Marcia Rieke

UArizona's Marcia Rieke wins $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize

May 9, 2024