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Revealing stunning features in the "cocoon" of gas and dust surrounding a young star, the observations help astronomers refine their theories about the processes involved in planet formation and shed light on what our sun did when it was very young.

The observations will help astronomers refine their theories about the processes involved in planet formation and shed light on what our sun did when it was very young.

Taiwan's leading astronomy institute joins Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, South Korea and the United States in building one of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes.

New images taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal intricate, never-before-seen structures and features hidden in visible light. The insights will help astronomers better understand the history of the Milky Way.

Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2023 - A vast, flat, featureless plain on Mars surprised researchers by revealing a much more tumultuous geologic past than expected, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Arizona.

At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale.

The findings from the University of Arizona-led study have implications for research investigating whether Mars could have harbored life at some point in its history.

The discovery of phosphorus in a molecular cloud at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy extends the presence of the element almost twice as far out as where it was known to exist.

University of Arizona geoscientist Diane Thompson explains the significance of studying Earth's water cycle and how rising and falling temperatures have altered it.

A new publication details how a team at the University of Arizona's Space4 Center tracked down a contested piece of space junk that created two impact craters when it crashed onto the surface of the moon. The analysis suggests an undisclosed payload was involved.