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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.

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

Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

Oct. 7, 2026

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.

U of A researchers, startup recognized at 2026 AZBio Awards

Oct. 6, 2026

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

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

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

U of A researchers, startup recognized at 2026 AZBio Awards

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