Image Sept. 24, 2024 OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth Read more at UArizona News June 26, 2024 Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world Read more at UArizona News Image April 18, 2024 Two UArizona astronomy researchers named AAAS Fellows Read more at UArizona News Image March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum Read more at UArizona News Image Image A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum March 6, 2024 The Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum is now one of only three places in the world where the public can see a piece of the asteroid Bennu, collected during NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission. Read more at UArizona News Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Jan. 11, 2024 NASA scientists last week removed the two stuck fasteners on the sample container that had prevented researchers from accessing much of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid Bennu sample. Read more at UArizona News Image UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Jan. 8, 2024 Under the leadership of the University of Arizona's Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina, the former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Dec. 20, 2023 At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale. Read more at UArizona News Image Asteroids, athletics and 'America the Beautiful': The top stories of 2023 Dec. 18, 2023 From delivering a historic asteroid sample to setting a university record in Fulbright Scholars, the University of Arizona celebrated several newsmaking events in 2023. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore a second asteroid Oct. 31, 2023 NASA extended the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which has since been renamed OSIRIS-APEX. The spacecraft will study another potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid named Apophis. Read more at UArizona News Image An 'electrifying experience': Second TEDxUArizona will present talks related to the 'Spirit of Wonder' Oct. 25, 2023 Organizers expect up to 1,500 people to attend the Nov. 1 event at Centennial Hall. University speakers will share their expertise on climate change, space science, dance, film and more. Read more at UArizona News Image Tracking the Bennu sample capsule's separation from OSIRIS-REx Oct. 25, 2023 Data collected ahead of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule's plunge into Earth's atmosphere will help test algorithms used to pinpoint asteroids that could impact Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image UArizona launches Arizona Astrobiology Center to unlock the mysteries of life in the universe Oct. 17, 2023 The center will bring together students and faculty from across campus to unravel the enigma of life's beginnings and our place in the cosmos. Read more at UArizona News Image First look at Bennu sample reveals carbon, water Oct. 11, 2023 The latest findings from NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission support scientists' theory that asteroids rich in carbon and water may have delivered the essential building blocks of life and made Earth habitable. Read more at UArizona News Image A gift from space: UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission delivers largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth Sept. 24, 2023 The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image Bennu sample delivery marks the start of extended OSIRIS-APEX mission Sept. 24, 2023 After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis. Read more at UArizona News Pagination … 1 2 3 4 5 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Sept. 24, 2024 OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth Read more at UArizona News
June 26, 2024 Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world Read more at UArizona News Image
April 18, 2024 Two UArizona astronomy researchers named AAAS Fellows Read more at UArizona News Image
March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum Read more at UArizona News Image
Image A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum March 6, 2024 The Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum is now one of only three places in the world where the public can see a piece of the asteroid Bennu, collected during NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission. Read more at UArizona News
Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Jan. 11, 2024 NASA scientists last week removed the two stuck fasteners on the sample container that had prevented researchers from accessing much of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid Bennu sample. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Jan. 8, 2024 Under the leadership of the University of Arizona's Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina, the former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Dec. 20, 2023 At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale. Read more at UArizona News
Image Asteroids, athletics and 'America the Beautiful': The top stories of 2023 Dec. 18, 2023 From delivering a historic asteroid sample to setting a university record in Fulbright Scholars, the University of Arizona celebrated several newsmaking events in 2023. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore a second asteroid Oct. 31, 2023 NASA extended the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which has since been renamed OSIRIS-APEX. The spacecraft will study another potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid named Apophis. Read more at UArizona News
Image An 'electrifying experience': Second TEDxUArizona will present talks related to the 'Spirit of Wonder' Oct. 25, 2023 Organizers expect up to 1,500 people to attend the Nov. 1 event at Centennial Hall. University speakers will share their expertise on climate change, space science, dance, film and more. Read more at UArizona News
Image Tracking the Bennu sample capsule's separation from OSIRIS-REx Oct. 25, 2023 Data collected ahead of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule's plunge into Earth's atmosphere will help test algorithms used to pinpoint asteroids that could impact Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona launches Arizona Astrobiology Center to unlock the mysteries of life in the universe Oct. 17, 2023 The center will bring together students and faculty from across campus to unravel the enigma of life's beginnings and our place in the cosmos. Read more at UArizona News
Image First look at Bennu sample reveals carbon, water Oct. 11, 2023 The latest findings from NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission support scientists' theory that asteroids rich in carbon and water may have delivered the essential building blocks of life and made Earth habitable. Read more at UArizona News
Image A gift from space: UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission delivers largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth Sept. 24, 2023 The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image Bennu sample delivery marks the start of extended OSIRIS-APEX mission Sept. 24, 2023 After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis. Read more at UArizona News