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Artist's illustration of the TRAPPIST system shows the star as an orange glowing ball with four of its seven planets orbiting around it.

A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Recently reported methane signatures detected by the James Webb Space Telescope could be a hint to it potentially harboring life, but University of Arizona researcher Sukrit Ranjan urges caution.

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Earth fills most of the image, a moody blue globe mostly covered with tiny blueish white clouds like carpet pile or sheep’s wool. In the foreground, the instrument panel is dark enough to be nearly in silhouette, like a city skyline. A tall thin rectangle juts up from the left side of the panel, like a tall building, which is part of the SamCam. In the center, a shorter, squatter polygon shape is the OLA instrument. A slightly lighter colored Y shape lays on its side in front of the OLA.

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft takes selfie with Earth during flyby

The spacecraft of the U of A-led OSIRIS-APEX mission performed a "slingshot" maneuver around Earth as part of its journey to catch up with its mission target, asteroid Apophis.

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Research communications teams win PRSA awards

Three IMPACT Awards for general marketing communications were presented during a ceremony October 16.

A man is talking intensely while a projection screen in the background

Harper lecture puts sixth extinction in historical context

The second Distinguished Research Lecture of the fall featured Kyle Harper on his interdisciplinary approach to understanding the biodiversity crisis.

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A confident woman with short, wavy dark hair stands in front of a modern glass and brick building. She wears a beige blazer over a black top and gazes calmly into the camera, with natural daylight highlighting her professional presence.

After bumpy road, Chandler grad and single mom Neha Gupta is ready for her next chapter

May 7

University of Arizona art students paint at easels in a studio while a string quartet performs live music in the background. The students are focused on their colorful abstract paintings, with palettes and paint supplies on nearby tables. The musicians, standing in front of a red tapestry and dress forms, include three violinists and a cellist.

New U of A partnership promotes student wellness through art

May 7

Schematic showing the location of the Eos molecular cloud relative to the solar system.

A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near solar system

May 7

Students present their research poster to U of A President Suresh V. Garimella

Student researchers confront the realities of cognitive decline

May 7

Mining Social License Summit

University of Arizona Leads Conversation on Mining’s Future at Social License Summit

May 3

Group looking at Buffalo Soldiers exhibit

Research, Innovation & Impact encourages community engagement through world-class museums

May 2

A woman wearing a white button-down shirt uses a virtual reality headset and handheld controllers inside the Lundgren Consumer Science Lab. A large screen behind her displays a virtual retail space, and shelves of mugs and a red "U of A" shirt are visible in the background.

U of A students are using extended reality technology to transform retail education

April 24

Three individuals stand in front of a large piece of scientific equipment.

University of Arizona physicists among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

April 24

Someone sitting alone

New precision mental health care approach for depression addresses unique patient needs

April 23

Old Main building on the UArizona campus

David Ebert named U of A chief AI and data science officer

April 22

A young man with short curly hair and glasses smiles confidently in a professional outdoor portrait. He wears a navy blue suit, a light blue dress shirt, and a patterned tie, standing against a natural desert background with green and brown foliage.

10 Flinn Scholars will attend U of A in the fall

April 22

An example of laser-driven fusion energy.

Fusion must be a national priority for the future of US energy security

April 21

A young man with short dark hair leans casually against a railing, smiling warmly. He wears a white T-shirt, silver wristwatch, and a pendant necklace, with vibrant yellow trees and natural light in the background.

U of A student Ojas Sanghi named 2025 Truman Scholar

April 21

Two people sit in front of computer screens, with one of the individuals holding an oxygen mask to their face.

Innovative airflow research highlights noninvasive speech data collection

April 17

A young child wearing a striped long-sleeve shirt and khaki pants sits indoors, intently holding and looking at a smartphone. The focus is on the child’s hands and device, with a blurred background of shelves and books

U of A researchers discover screen time surprise under grandparents' care

April 17

Aspiro Therapeutics team

Researchers launch startup to bring novel treatments to patients with asthma and COPD

April 16

Dawn Wellman speaking to other people sitting on a panel presentation

U of A hosts inaugural U.S. Mining Summit

April 16

Assistant professor Kyle Hanquist, director of the University of Arizona’s Computational Hypersonics and Nonequilibrium Laboratory and a founding faculty member of the Arizona Research Center for Hypersonics

Navy funds hypersonic heat reduction research

April 15

Brain illustration

Novel treatment approach for language disorder shows promise

April 15

Electrical and computer engineering student Sean Rice and his mentor William Rains, an undergraduate software engineering student

ECE team wins first place in the inaugural AI-Hardware Design League

April 11

Charlotte Pearson inspects the new radiocarbon analysis instrument recently installed at the Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research.

Study sheds light on ancient solar activity using radiocarbon locked in tree-rings

April 11

The completed spacecraft bus for the NASA Aspera mission, sitting on a table. Large solar panels provide the satellite with power.

U of A-led NASA Aspera mission hits spacecraft milestone

April 11

Dr. Parthasarathy, M.D., from the University of Arizona Health Sciences, testifies at a congressional hearing, seated at a wooden desk with a nameplate in front of him. He wears a dark suit, glasses, and a striped tie, speaking into a microphone beside another suited man. The background shows a formal hearing room with a portrait, panelists, and U.S. government decor.

Improving veterans' health through biomedical innovation, AI and implementation science

April 8

University of Arizona campus

MIS, nursing, legal writing excel in latest US News rankings for graduate programs

April 8