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This artist's concept shows a galaxy with spiral arms populated densely by stars, shown in blue. A bright, glowing ball in the center pushes energetic gas and dust (shown in pink) that ripples across the dust, slamming into the star-forming spiral arms.

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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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Shakespeare: You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide

Feb. 17, 2016

He was a man. Take him for all in all.

Finding the Human Experience in Shakespeare’s Words

Feb. 15, 2016

On Self-Publishing: A Perspective from UA President Emeritus Peter Likins

Feb. 15, 2016

Illustration of William Shakespeare

Talking with the Experts on Shakespeare

Feb. 11, 2016

Women in Shakespeare: Like the Times, It’s Complicated

Feb. 8, 2016

BrainGainz Concussion App Tackles Concussions, Head On

Feb. 1, 2016

For "Star Wars" Fans, Nostalgia Shapes Expectations

Dec. 15, 2015

A gray backpack with two holes on the sides for a power plug and a glowing green lightsaber; timer in the background

The Lightsaber's Energy Crisis

Dec. 8, 2015

(From left to right) An illustration of BB-8 with a cut-away showing a hamster inside the body; an illustration of BB-8 with a barbell-shaped body; an illustration of a spherical BB-8 with metal spikes across the surface of its body; an illustration of a

How could a real-life BB-8 work?

Dec. 1, 2015