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Steward Observatory astronomer Erika Hamden named to Arizona Space Commission

Erika Hamden

Steward Observatory's Peter Behroozi ranked among most cited researchers in the world

Peter Behroozi

Astronomy has lost one of its most passionate chasers of total solar eclipses with the passing of astronomer Glenn Schneider

GLENN SCHNEIDER, 1955–2025

Highest Presidential Honor Bestowed on Steward Observatory Astronomers, Highlighting the Department’s Preeminence in Theory, Data and Computation

Gurtina Besla and Kaitlin Kratter

Spectra from a carbon dioxide world: Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet'

Artist’s impression of GJ 1214 b passing in front of its host star. The “transit method” allows astronomers to study an exoplanet by seeing which wavelengths of light dim when the star’s light passes through the exoplanet atmosphere.

Tucson doctor wins national award for his second act as amateur astronomer

Richard Donnerstein

NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres, with mission operations based at U of A

An artist's concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet.

U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

An optical image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1068 (credit ESO) overlaid with false-color emission from its radio jet

Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected

Catherine Fielder

Emeritus Professor Rodger Thompson named AAS Fellow for his groundbreaking contributions to the field

Emeritus Professor of Astronomy Rodger Thompson

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