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CatSat Named Finalist for AIAA’s 2025 “Rookie of the Year” Award

CatSat will orbit Earth about every 95 minutes for the next year, studying radio transmission in the ionosphere and testing an ultralight inflatable antenna. Image: Aman Chandra/FreeFall Aerospace

Aspera team maps their progress on mission to study galaxy evolution

In a new paper this month from Carlos Vargas and the Aspera team, readers get updates and context for the Steward Observatory-based mission. (Pictured: OAPs being bonded to their flight holders.)

NSF funds Steward Observatory postdoc's effort to sharpen view of the cosmos

The project enhances LBT’s visible-light capabilities, advancing U.S. leadership in next-gen astronomy

Tiny Sensors, Infinite Skies: How the Imaging Technology Lab at University of Arizona Helped Build the World’s Largest Eye on the Universe

University of Arizona’s Imaging Technology Lab produced the sensors for the focal plane for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera: the largest digital camera ever built.

Recent grad Eason Wang wins highly prestigious fellowship from NSF

Eason Wang

U of A earns top marks in space science in new US News global ranking

The University of Arizona ranked #4 in space sciences globally according to the latest report from US News and World report.

U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

The finished mirror for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's telescope after arriving on site in Chile. Fabricated by the University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, the mirror spans 27 feet in diameter and acts both as the observatory's primary and tertiary light-collecting surface in one piece, a groundbreaking design approach.

In the belly of the beast: massive clumps reveal star factories from a bygone era of the cosmos

This artist's illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. In this image, representing Earth's night sky in 3.75 billion years, Andromeda (left) fills the field of view and begins to distort the Milky Way with tidal pull.

Giant Magellan Telescope Advances to National Science Foundation Final Design Phase

Giant Magellan Telescope

Self-learning neural network cracks iconic black holes

Artist impression of a neural network that connects the observations (left) to the models (right).