This artist’s concept shows the planned flight path of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its final flyby of asteroid Bennu, scheduled for April 7, 2021. Credit:…
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The Very Large Telescope, or VLT, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert. VLT’s instrumentation was adapted to conduct a search for planets in…
University of Arizona researchers image a sample using a smartphone microscope. Credit: UArizona Biosensors Lab The method analyzes saliva samples and delivers results in about…
An international team of astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar in the Universe, fully formed around 670 million years after the Big Bang. Credit:…
Artist’s conception of a brown dwarf. Credits: NASA/ESA/JPL Planetary scientists wondered if bands of winds or swirling storms dominated the atmospheres of brown dwarfs. University…
This artist’s concept depicts the early Martian environment (right) – believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere – versus the cold, dry environment…
This image shows four views of asteroid Bennu along with a corresponding global mosaic. The images were taken on December 2, 2018, by the OSIRIS-REx…
Past carbon dioxide concentrations (at left) compared to possible future emissions scenarios (at right): The rate of current emissions is much faster — occurring over…
Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an associate professor of immunobiology at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, gets blood drawn to take the antibody test he…
Surface-level view of OSIRIS-REx at sample site Nightingale, with a parking lot for comparison. Credit: NASA/Goddard/CI Lab/University of Arizona NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission…
Doctoral student Lisa Boinon prepares buffers while Dr. Rajesh Khanna looks on. Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences, Kris Hanning Research shows SARS-CoV-2 promotes pain…
The four largest moons of Jupiter in order of distance from Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Credit: NASA/JPL/DLR The gravitational push and pull by…
This global map shows the temperature differences compared to preindustrial times. Dark blue translates to cooler temperatures. The ice sheets of the past are superimposed…
This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Matchpoint rehearsal, which is the final time the mission will practice the…
People making homemade masks might want to reach for a vacuum cleaner filter. It’s intuitive and scientifically shown that wearing a face covering can help…
Businesses should look to the values of their stakeholders to predict the effects of taking a public stance on a divisive issue, says new research…
Douglas firs are the most abundant trees in North America. Their ecological niche spans Southern Mexico to the Northern Rockies. Warming Will Reduce Trees’ Ability…
Artist’s rendering of the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite. The width of the region scanned on Earth’s surface during each orbit is about 620 miles.…
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona This view of sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on March…
This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Checkpoint rehearsal, which is the first time the mission will practice the…