Study finds large new source of greenhouse gas emissions Feb. 4, 2022 Researchers discovered hundreds of large bursts of methane from oil and gas production activities across the globe. The bursts account for 10% of global oil and gas methane emissions and are missing from most greenhouse gas emissions inventories. Read more Image
It takes a special kind of planet to make a moon Feb. 1, 2022 Moons around terrestrial planets may play important roles in shaping the conditions for life. For sizable moons to form successfully, the circumstances must be just right, a new study finds. Read more Image
Power on! Webb Telescope's instruments are on, and UArizona's NIRCam will soon see starlight Jan. 31, 2022 Since the arrival of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at its orbital destination Jan. 24, the mission operations team has successfully powered on all of the telescope's science instruments, including its primary camera, UArizona's Near Infrared Camera. NIRCam will be used to align the telescope's 18 mirror segments so they work together as one. Read more Image
Future forests will have smaller trees and soak up less carbon, study suggests Jan. 26, 2022 By combining tree-ring data with U.S. Forest Service data, UArizona researchers have captured a more complete picture of what will drive future tree growth amid climate change. They predict individual tree growth will decline by as much as 91%. Read more 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 Image
Researchers pilot 'itty bitty' device for earlier ovarian cancer detection Jan. 18, 2022 Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Dr. John Heusinkveld has now successfully used the device to capture images of study participants' fallopian tubes. Read more Image
Rivers speeding up Arctic ice melt at alarming rate, experts say Jan. 13, 2022 Irina Panyushkina grew up in Siberia, hearing stories of explorers trudging through seas of ice to reach the North Pole. She is now a climate scientist trying to understand how a warming world is transforming the place she called home. Read more Image
$10M elevates UArizona hypersonics facilities to national prominence Jan. 13, 2022 The funding will allow for upgrades to the College of Engineering's wind tunnels, strengthening the University of Arizona's position as an academic leader in hypersonics research. Read more Image
New treasure trove of globular clusters holds clues about galaxy evolution Jan. 11, 2022 Using observations of the nearby elliptical galaxy Centaurus A, a team of astronomers found an unprecedented number of possible globular clusters – old, dense groups of thousands of stars that all formed at the same time. Read more Image
California's 'climate whiplash' has been worsening for 50 years and will continue Jan. 10, 2022 Most scientists researching California's extreme weather have focused their investigations on the last decade. But new UArizona research finds that an increasing trend in extreme weather began half a century ago. Read more Image