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APEX and Apophis

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Three years into its second mission, OSIRIS-APEX sets its sights on 2029

OSIRIS-APEX, the spacecraft that originally flew as OSIRIS-REx, is expected to reach the asteroid Apophis in late spring of 2029, but the team is already keeping the spacecraft busy.

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A planet with a striped pattern consisting of purple and tan bands, set against a backdrop of stars in the distant universe

Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of our solar system

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex, and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected.

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A three panel image featuring a launch of a spacecraft, a robotic arm touching a rocky surface and a man pumping his fist into the air in celebration.

Tenacity, triumph and discovery: Looking back at OSIRIS-REx at mission's end

Sept. 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. This was the United States' first ambitious attempt to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth, and it was led by the University of Arizona.

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U of A researchers, startup recognized at 2026 AZBio Awards

The University of Arizona will be well represented at this year’s AZBio awards, with BIO5 Interim Director Vignesh Subbian taking home the Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year award and startup Precision Epigenomics winning a Fast Lane recognition.

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Q&A: Stephanie Stewart Crunches Data from an Asteroid in Orbit

June 20, 2019

an old corroded photo negative is being examined by an art conservator with gloves on over a light box

Art Conservation at UArizona

June 1, 2019

Streptococcus pneumoniae cells under microscope

Inside Bacterial Cells, a War Against Copper

April 1, 2019

faint illustrated book floating over the desert next to a saguaro cactus

New Program Bolsters UA’s Standing as Borderlands Leader

Jan. 22, 2019

University of Arizona molecular and cellular biology undergraduate student Ayumi Pottenger handling a sample in the laboratory

Q&A: Ayumi Pottenger's Got Research on the Brain

Jan. 16, 2019

University of Arizona molecular and cellular biology undergraduate student Ayumi Pottenger handling a sample in the laboratory

Q&A: Ayumi Pottenger's Got Research on the Brain

Jan. 16, 2019

Briggs Carhart examining a sample under a microscope.

Q&A: Mastering the Nervous System with Briggs Carhart

Nov. 13, 2018

Sunset in Sonoran Desert, near Phoenix.

UA Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Receives $4.5M for Continued Research

Nov. 2, 2018

Thomas Moon sits in front of two computer screens in the lab.

Q&A: Thomas Moon, Postdoc at the Molecular Level

Aug. 13, 2018

Thomas Moon sits in front of two computer screens in the lab.

Q&A: Thomas Moon, Postdoc at the Molecular Level

Aug. 13, 2018

Matt Dannenberg, Paul Szejner, and Erik Anderson core a Ponderosa pine tree in Northern Arizona's Kaibab National Forest. (Photo: Emily Litvack/RDI)

Chasing a Storm in the Pines

Aug. 7, 2018

Art conservationist Sophie Church handles a piece of pottery at the Arizona State Museum.

Q&A: Sophie Church, Master Art Conservator

July 23, 2018

Earyn McGee holding a lizard in a dry stream bed in the Chiricahua Mountains

Q&A: Lizard-Loving PhD Student Earyn McGee

July 10, 2018

UA physicist Sam Gralla dribbles a ball on the basketball court.

Sam Gralla Tidies the Messy Universe

July 2, 2018

Video: Guatemalan Coffee Farmers and a Changing Climate

May 29, 2018

Illustration of a comet traveling through space between the earth and sun

What is a Comet?

April 25, 2018

For Desert Dwellers, a Life in Balance

April 19, 2018

A female Bombus impatiens (bumblebee) sonicating a deadly nightshade blossom in the UA EEB greenhouse.

New Study Reveals the Evolution of Sonicating Bees

April 4, 2018

Video: Researching Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications to Reduce Risk of Accidents

March 27, 2018

Reddy and Campbell examine their animation of a Chinese space station flyby.

UA Researchers Track Chinese Space Station as it Falls to Earth

March 21, 2018

Video: Climate Scientists Work with Communities in Guatemala

Feb. 8, 2018

Tumamoc Arts Fellow Lyn Hart poses next to a Saguaro cactus.

On Tucson's Tumamoc Hill, Art and Science Meet

Feb. 7, 2018

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In Harlem, a Digital Renaissance Takes Shape

Nov. 3, 2017

UA research associate Bob Seaman and Chris Yazzie, a master's degree student in environmental engineering, fasten solar panels to the roof of the bus that will purify water in Navajo Nation. (Photo: Rodolfo Peon)

UA Leads STEM Traineeship to Address Needs of Navajo Nation

Oct. 12, 2017