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This artist's illustrations shows a spiral galaxy swirling around a bright ball of light at its center. Jets of gas and energy shoot out of the center in both directions perpendicular to the galaxy's disk.

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Cosmic predators: How supermassive black holes slow star growth in nearby galaxies

A new study led by University of Arizona astronomers suggests that black holes may have played a much larger role in shaping the growth of galaxies in the early universe than previously thought.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Staff members seated at desks look at space images on a large screen

U of A takes leading operations role in NASA mission

The University of Arizona is mission control for the Pandora mission, which will help scientists study exoplanets and their stars.

Three researchers plant corals in the water at Biosphere 2

Corals in Biosphere 2's Ocean Habitat may help save reefs around the world

Stocking the Biosphere 2 Ocean with corals, researchers kicked off a multi-year experiment to help develop new solutions that could make coral reefs more resilient to threats from rising sea temperatures across the globe.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Marcia Rieke Galaxy Slam press conference photo

How reaching for the hoop prepared Marcia Rieke to reach for the stars

Recognizing her accomplishments both in unraveling mysteries of the deep cosmos and excelling on the court as an undergraduate student, Regents Professor Marcia Rieke was named the U of A's Faculty of the Year award honoree by the Big 12 Conference.

Read more at University of Arizona News

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U of A earns prestigious award for global learning initiatives

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Peter Behroozi and Jean-Luc Bredas

University of Arizona researchers ranked among most cited in the world

Feb. 11, 2025

From service to school: How the U of A supports military-connected students

Feb. 10, 2025

This image shows an aerial view of a large agricultural field with rows of green crops stretching into the distance. A group of farmworkers is actively harvesting the produce, placing it onto a mobile conveyor system attached to a covered trailer. The landscape is flat, with mountains visible in the background, and several vehicles parked along a distant road under a clear blue sky.

Yuma agriculture generates $4.4B in state economic activity, U of A study finds

Feb. 10, 2025

a solar panel array standing above a plot of flowers

U of A to help develop national standards for sustainability in higher ed

Feb. 6, 2025

the facade of old main rising above a bed of blossoming flowers

Seed fund to help early-stage university startups enters investment phase

Feb. 6, 2025

A young girl with long brown hair and a pink mermaid shirt gazes at an interactive screen in a science exhibit. The screen displays a man speaking against a blue molecular-patterned background. The exhibit is illuminated with vibrant purple and blue lighting.

See yourself as a scientist at Flandrau's newest exhibit

Feb. 5, 2025

US News Best Grad 2024 Old Main

U of A faculty and staff nationally recognized with presidential honors

Feb. 3, 2025

A young male scientist with curly brown hair, wearing a white lab coat and purple gloves, works inside a biosafety cabinet in a laboratory. He is handling a clear plastic container while surrounded by lab equipment, including a microscope and various pipette tip boxes. A reflection of his face is visible on the cabinet's glass, and a few coat hangers are sketched on the whiteboard behind him.

Bryce Wilson wins prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Feb. 3, 2025

Woman talking to a man sitting on a bench

Do women talk more than men? It might depend on their age

Feb. 3, 2025

Takeshi Inomata

Regents Professor Takeshi Inomata Awarded Prestigious NEH Grant for Maya Civilization Research Project Set to Become a Book

Jan. 30, 2025

In this microscope image of a Bennu sample, needles of hydrated sodium carbonate — one of the salts left behind by evaporating brine — are highlighted in purple false color

Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life

Jan. 29, 2025

A U of A student uses Freeport-McMoRan’s haul truck simulator at a university event

University-led mining consortium vying for NSF grant up to $160M

Jan. 27, 2025

Artist’s impression of planet GJ 1214 b passing in front of its host star

Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet'

Jan. 24, 2025

Image of teen using a combustible nicotine product

U of A sociologist received $2.8M grant to research nicotine product use among adolescents in the US and Mexico

Jan. 23, 2025

the sonoran desert at sunset

New research examines impact of Disney's 'The Living Desert'

Jan. 21, 2025

a group of graduates, mostly in purple caps and gowns, posing for a group photo at Tohono O'odham Community College

Partnership with Tohono O'odham Community College gives students path to public health degree

Jan. 21, 2025

US News Best Online Programs 2025

Arizona Online earns several strong placements in latest ranking from US News & World Report

Jan. 21, 2025

An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1086 obtained by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)

U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

Jan. 17, 2025

Melanie McKay-Cody signing a modernized sign for the term "Indigenous"

U of A expert working to preserve Native American sign languages

Jan. 16, 2025

a picture of NGC 300 is a small galaxy located about 6 million light-years from Earth

Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected

Jan. 16, 2025

An artist's concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet.

NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres, with mission operations based at U of A

Jan. 16, 2025

Sculptor A, one of three newly discovered dwarf galaxies - and unrelated to the well-known Sculptor spiral galaxy - is visible here as a faint accumulation of stars beyond several bright stars in the foreground.

'Ghost towns' of the universe: Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmos

Jan. 15, 2025