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 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 Image New Images: OSIRIS-REx Leaves its Mark on Bennu April 15, 2021 Like boot prints on the moon, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Bennu. Images taken during the spacecraft's final flyover reveal the aftermath of the historic encounter with the asteroid. Read more at UArizona News Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx Completes Final Tour of Asteroid Bennu April 7, 2021 Mission scientists will compare the final shots of the asteroid Bennu with images taken before the touch-and-go maneuver, which kicked up dust and rocks. Read more at UArizona News Image A Final Look At Bennu Before OSIRIS-REx Heads Home April 1, 2021 The OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennu's surface during October's sample collection. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx to Fly a Farewell Tour of Bennu Feb. 8, 2021 Before departing for Earth on May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a final flyby of Bennu – capturing its last images of sample collection site Nightingale. Read more at UArizona News Image UArizona-Led OSIRIS-REx Mission Plans for May Asteroid Departure Jan. 26, 2021 On May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu and begin its two-year journey back to Earth, where scientists will study the dust and rocks it collected from the asteroid's surface. Read more at UArizona News Image COVID-19, Asteroid Dust and Crane Flies: UArizona's Top Stories of 2020 Dec. 14, 2020 Preventing a COVID-19 outbreak through wastewater testing, tagging an asteroid and solving a longstanding Maya mystery were all in a year's work at the University of Arizona. Read more at UArizona News Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 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 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
Image New Images: OSIRIS-REx Leaves its Mark on Bennu April 15, 2021 Like boot prints on the moon, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Bennu. Images taken during the spacecraft's final flyover reveal the aftermath of the historic encounter with the asteroid. Read more at UArizona News
Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx Completes Final Tour of Asteroid Bennu April 7, 2021 Mission scientists will compare the final shots of the asteroid Bennu with images taken before the touch-and-go maneuver, which kicked up dust and rocks. Read more at UArizona News
Image A Final Look At Bennu Before OSIRIS-REx Heads Home April 1, 2021 The OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennu's surface during October's sample collection. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx to Fly a Farewell Tour of Bennu Feb. 8, 2021 Before departing for Earth on May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a final flyby of Bennu – capturing its last images of sample collection site Nightingale. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona-Led OSIRIS-REx Mission Plans for May Asteroid Departure Jan. 26, 2021 On May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu and begin its two-year journey back to Earth, where scientists will study the dust and rocks it collected from the asteroid's surface. Read more at UArizona News
Image COVID-19, Asteroid Dust and Crane Flies: UArizona's Top Stories of 2020 Dec. 14, 2020 Preventing a COVID-19 outbreak through wastewater testing, tagging an asteroid and solving a longstanding Maya mystery were all in a year's work at the University of Arizona. Read more at UArizona News