University of Arizona asteroid hunters celebrate success of DART mission
Spacewatch has used UA telescopes to search for near-Earth asteroids since the 1980s.
Super Earths are out there
Scientists find most exoplanets they have discovered are similar to our home world.
First-ever 'Oracle Dark Sky Cultural Festival' is this week
Residents embrace the economic boost to the town.
True Concord Voices & Orchestra premieres "Helios", and welcomes a friend from the final frontier - actor John de Lancie.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Patrick Robles, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Student, urges the City of Tucson to keep public transit free; and The Tucson Orchid Society celebrates 50 years of shared fascination.
NASA sets up collision with far-away asteroid
The DART mission will test whether Earth-fired weapons might someday push world-threatening objects off course.
Ground-based telescopes need love, too
Research continues quietly atop S. Arizona mountains while the Webb space telescope makes headlines.
James Webb Telescope scientists dive into interstellar study
Astronomers are beginning to settle into a routine of regular research assignments.
University of Arizona graduate tracks satellite constellations for beleagured astronomers
Her study comes as Space X prepares to launch more sky-cluttering Starlink spacecraft.
James Webb Telescope ready for science
Scientists say all the spacecraft's instruments are aligned for operation.
Event Horizon
Recently released images show a black hole sitting right at the center of our own galaxy.
University of Arizona astronomers study hypergiant stars
The massive objects are the largest of their kind in the galaxy.
Contreras Fire burns more than 18,000 acres
Fire managers say the fire is more than 40% contained.
4 buildings at Kitt Peak lost in wildfire
Officials are still trying to assess damage.
James Webb Space Telescope survives micrometeoroid impact
It is still on track to send its first scientific images of deep space next month.
Scientists marvel at new black hole image
The University of Arizona-led Event Horizon telescope project captured the object in the center of the Milky Way.
