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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).

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

Some ‘water worlds’ like Jupiter’s moon Europa could potentially be habitable for life. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

The Giant Magellan Telescope ushers in a new era of astronomy

“The Giant Magellan Telescope will be a major upgrade for our ability to study planets around other stars, especially when we take pictures of them using the in-development instrument GMag AO-X,” said Jared Males from the University of Arizona.

NASA selects rocket for U of A-led Aspera mission

Currently scheduled to launch in 2026, an Electron rocket supplied by Rocket Lab will lift the Aspera satellite into orbit.

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

Eos is located within the "Local Bubble" – a relative cavity in the interstellar medium surrounding an area that contains the solar system. Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA) and Thavisha Dharmawardena (NYU)