Image March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum Read more at UArizona News Jan. 11, 2024 NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Read more at UArizona News Image Jan. 8, 2024 UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Read more at UArizona News Image Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Read more at UArizona News Image 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 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 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 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 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 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 OSIRIS-REx 101: Brush up on the basics before Bennu's sample touches down Sept. 20, 2023 Ahead of Sunday's sample delivery, learn about the asteroid, the spacecraft and the people starring in the historic OSIRIS-REx mission, which will launch decades of scientific research and could help explain the origins of the solar system and life itself. Read more at UArizona News Image Take a stroll through the solar system – on the UArizona campus Sept. 12, 2023 Eleven plaques have been installed across campus to show the relative sizes and distances of solar system objects. Zarah Brown, a doctoral student at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, led the project to make space science accessible to people of all ages. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx team completes final test before asteroid sample delivery Sept. 1, 2023 Members of NASA's UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission completed one last dress rehersal before the spacecraft delivers a sample from asteroid Bennu to the Utah desert on Sept. 24. Read more at UArizona News Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum Read more at UArizona News
Jan. 11, 2024 NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Read more at UArizona News Image
Jan. 8, 2024 UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Read more at UArizona News Image
Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Read more at UArizona News Image
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 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 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 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 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
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 OSIRIS-REx 101: Brush up on the basics before Bennu's sample touches down Sept. 20, 2023 Ahead of Sunday's sample delivery, learn about the asteroid, the spacecraft and the people starring in the historic OSIRIS-REx mission, which will launch decades of scientific research and could help explain the origins of the solar system and life itself. Read more at UArizona News
Image Take a stroll through the solar system – on the UArizona campus Sept. 12, 2023 Eleven plaques have been installed across campus to show the relative sizes and distances of solar system objects. Zarah Brown, a doctoral student at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, led the project to make space science accessible to people of all ages. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx team completes final test before asteroid sample delivery Sept. 1, 2023 Members of NASA's UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission completed one last dress rehersal before the spacecraft delivers a sample from asteroid Bennu to the Utah desert on Sept. 24. Read more at UArizona News