Image Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life Today Two research publications by the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team suggest that conditions for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Spectra from a carbon dioxide world: Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet' Jan. 24, 2025 The most common types of planets in the Milky Way have long been shrouded in mystery, and some of them may be very different than astronomers imagined, according to a team of researchers probing the atmosphere of planet GJ 1214 b. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Arizona Online earns several strong placements in latest ranking from US News & World Report Jan. 21, 2025 Arizona Online ranks No. 12 among online bachelor's degree programs and ranks No. 5 on the Best Online Bachelor's Programs for Veterans list. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image New research examines impact of Disney's 'The Living Desert' Jan. 21, 2025 The 1953 film, shot in Tucson and styled as a wildlife documentary about the desert, won an Oscar and briefly put Tucson on the map. But new research by U of A associate professor Susan Swanberg explains how the film failed to live up to its "true-life" claims. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Partnership with Tohono O'odham Community College gives students path to public health degree Jan. 21, 2025 A transfer pathway to the Zuckerman College of Public Health will enable Tohono O'odham Community College students to expand their career potential. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A expert working to preserve Native American sign languages Jan. 16, 2025 A library book she found when she was 10 inspired Melanie McKay-Cody to pursue a career studying Native American sign languages. Now a researcher in the College of Education, she's one of the foremost experts at the intersection of Native and Deaf identity. She shares her story in this article and video. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected Jan. 16, 2025 Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have long been thought to lack the heft to attract mass and grow in the same way. New observations challenge this view, suggesting that even dwarf galaxies can accrete mass from other small galaxies. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres, with mission operations based at U of A Jan. 16, 2025 The exoplanet mission, which will study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars, has cleared an important milestone with the completion of its spacecraft bus. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image 'Ghost towns' of the universe: Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmos Jan. 15, 2025 Three newly discovered dwarf galaxies in an isolated region of space show evidence of star formation being cut short by events in the early universe. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Southwest's largest Hank Willis Thomas exhibition, 'LOVERULES,' set to open at U of A Museum of Art Jan. 13, 2025 The exhibition, which opens Jan. 18, features 90 works by leading contemporary artist Hank Willis Thomas, examining themes of social justice, identity and visual culture. Read more at University of Arizona News