Image March 24, 2023 6 months to go until historic asteroid sample delivery Read more at UArizona News Feb. 8, 2023 Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl Read more at UArizona News Image Jan. 25, 2023 Solar system 'detectives' search for clues in 'crumbs' left over from early solar system Read more at UArizona News Image Dec. 13, 2022 Astronomical images, asteroid exploration and a long-awaited art arrival: Top stories of 2022 Read more at UArizona News Image Image Planetary scientist Dani DellaGiustina makes Popular Science Brilliant 10 Oct. 19, 2022 Dani DellaGiustina, deputy principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission and principal investigator for OSIRIS-APEX, was named to the list for her work to understand the solar system's past, present and future. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx scientists: Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit July 7, 2022 Before-and-after data from the few seconds it took the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu revealed a surprise: The particles of Bennu's exterior are so loosely packed, they act more like a fluid than a solid. Read more at UArizona News Image Dante Lauretta, leader of NASA's history-making OSIRIS-REx mission, will address graduates at Commencement April 29, 2022 Lauretta is principal investigator of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA's premier mission to visit a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid and bring back a sample. Read more at UArizona News Image NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid April 25, 2022 The extended UArizona-led mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which is expected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx mission team wins 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration Jan. 19, 2022 The award recognizes the team behind the mission's successful collection of a pristine asteroid sample for laying "the groundwork for forging the next generation of scientists, astronomers, geologists and more." Read more at UArizona News Image Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace' Dec. 16, 2021 The University of Arizona has joined a collaboration with Space Trust – a nongovernmental organization based in the United Kingdom – and the University of Nairobi in Kenya to develop a series of Earth-orbiting spacecraft built by university students. Read more at UArizona News Image Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface Oct. 6, 2021 Using data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, a UArizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grain material on their surfaces. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Aug. 11, 2021 NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300. Read more at UArizona News Image Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not Be What Scientists Expected June 9, 2021 New research by a UArizona undergraduate finds that asteroid 16 Psyche, the target of an upcoming NASA mission, may not be as metallic or dense as predicted. Read more at UArizona News Image $2M Gift Advances UArizona Space Science Initiatives May 25, 2021 The gift will allow for the purchase of a nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometer, which the OSIRIS-REx analysis team will use to help find answers to questions about the origins of the solar system. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft is Headed Home with Asteroid Sample May 10, 2021 After nearly five years in space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu. Read more at UArizona News Image ABOR Confirms 6 New Regents Professors at UArizona April 15, 2021 The Arizona Board of Regents confirmed the appointments of UArizona faculty members Steven Archer, Sonia Colina, Marwan Krunz, Dante Lauretta, Sallie Marston and Ian Pepper as Regents Professors. Read more at UArizona News Pagination 1 2 3 Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image March 24, 2023 6 months to go until historic asteroid sample delivery Read more at UArizona News
Feb. 8, 2023 Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl Read more at UArizona News Image
Jan. 25, 2023 Solar system 'detectives' search for clues in 'crumbs' left over from early solar system Read more at UArizona News Image
Dec. 13, 2022 Astronomical images, asteroid exploration and a long-awaited art arrival: Top stories of 2022 Read more at UArizona News Image
Image Planetary scientist Dani DellaGiustina makes Popular Science Brilliant 10 Oct. 19, 2022 Dani DellaGiustina, deputy principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission and principal investigator for OSIRIS-APEX, was named to the list for her work to understand the solar system's past, present and future. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx scientists: Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit July 7, 2022 Before-and-after data from the few seconds it took the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu revealed a surprise: The particles of Bennu's exterior are so loosely packed, they act more like a fluid than a solid. Read more at UArizona News
Image Dante Lauretta, leader of NASA's history-making OSIRIS-REx mission, will address graduates at Commencement April 29, 2022 Lauretta is principal investigator of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA's premier mission to visit a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid and bring back a sample. Read more at UArizona News
Image NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid April 25, 2022 The extended UArizona-led mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which is expected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx mission team wins 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration Jan. 19, 2022 The award recognizes the team behind the mission's successful collection of a pristine asteroid sample for laying "the groundwork for forging the next generation of scientists, astronomers, geologists and more." Read more at UArizona News
Image Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace' Dec. 16, 2021 The University of Arizona has joined a collaboration with Space Trust – a nongovernmental organization based in the United Kingdom – and the University of Nairobi in Kenya to develop a series of Earth-orbiting spacecraft built by university students. Read more at UArizona News
Image Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface Oct. 6, 2021 Using data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, a UArizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grain material on their surfaces. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Aug. 11, 2021 NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300. Read more at UArizona News
Image Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not Be What Scientists Expected June 9, 2021 New research by a UArizona undergraduate finds that asteroid 16 Psyche, the target of an upcoming NASA mission, may not be as metallic or dense as predicted. Read more at UArizona News
Image $2M Gift Advances UArizona Space Science Initiatives May 25, 2021 The gift will allow for the purchase of a nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometer, which the OSIRIS-REx analysis team will use to help find answers to questions about the origins of the solar system. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft is Headed Home with Asteroid Sample May 10, 2021 After nearly five years in space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu. Read more at UArizona News
Image ABOR Confirms 6 New Regents Professors at UArizona April 15, 2021 The Arizona Board of Regents confirmed the appointments of UArizona faculty members Steven Archer, Sonia Colina, Marwan Krunz, Dante Lauretta, Sallie Marston and Ian Pepper as Regents Professors. Read more at UArizona News