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The brightest ever Gamma-Ray Burst illuminates the sky on October 9, 2022, captured an hour later in this image, showcasing the X-ray scattered rings formed by dust layers in our galaxy. (Image Credit: NASA, Swift, A. Beardmore - University of Leicester)

UA astronomers discuss historic gamma-ray burst and scientists’ next steps

Jason Dayee
April 14, 2023
Marcia Rieke, UA infrared astronomer and principal investigator/designer of NIRcam (Courtesy of George Rieke)

Meet Marcia Rieke, infrared astronomer who designed NIRcam

Sean Meixner
March 23, 2022
University of Arizona researchers helping to develop the James Webb Space Telescope. Marcia Rieke and her team at the University of Arizona developed the near infrared camera on the telescope, which will allow the telescope to take images clearer and farther into unexplored galaxies across the universe. (Photo Courtesy NASA/Lockheed Martin.)

Q&A with professor Hainline: Diving deep into JWST’s exploration of space

Trinity Clark
November 9, 2021
Xiaohui Fan, a regents’ professor of astronomy at UA, and his post-doctoral researcher, Jinyi Yang, look over data collected from the Hubble Space Telescope of a quasar they discovered while observing the early universe.

Bright and early: UA researchers discover quasar from near the beginning of the universe

Randall Eck
January 20, 2019
Galaxy M16 as seen by Jonathan Davis homemade telescope. Photos like these will be taken using mirrors built and polished in the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory.

Wildcat science: A year in review

Rebekah Ulmer
May 10, 2017
This artist conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known central black dot at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. A photograph of a black hole may be available this or next year.

Last week in science: Black holes and solar power

Serena Conde
February 20, 2017
Former UA president Robert Shelton. A physicist by training, Shelton will begin his term as president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization on February 20, 2017.

Past UA president Shelton chosen to lead Giant Magellan Telescope Organization

January 29, 2017
Galaxy M16 seen by Jonathan Davis homemade telescope. Photos like these will be taken using mirrors built and polished in the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory.

Inside the mirror lab, it’s all about the curves

Natalie Robbins
February 10, 2016
The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image of distant galaxies. The Hubble Space Telescope allows scientists to see extremely faint objects in the sky. (Courtesy of Rodger Thompson)

Hubble Telescope celebrated for its contribution to science

Mikayla Mace
April 23, 2015
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