02 March 2018
Light from the Universe’s first stars detected
...this minuscule signal has opened a new window on the early universe," says astronomer Judd Bowman of the University of Arizona, the lead investigator on the project. It has long been suspected that the first stars would be massive and therefore short...
07 July 2021
Methane detected on Enceladus could be a sign of life, study shows
... amount of methane detected by Cassini?" said Regis Ferriere, an associate professor in the University of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and one of the study's two lead authors. Searching for methanogens in situ at Enceladus...
12 December 2018
OSIRIS-REx discovers ingredients for water on Bennu
... any insurmountable issues at Bennu so far,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson. “The spacecraft is healthy and the science instruments are working better than required. It is time now for our...
15 February 2021
Possible planet found in habitable zone around Alpha Centauri
... to directly image planets - a technique recently used by a team of astronomers headed by Kevin Wagner at the University of Arizona to search for exoplanet candidates orbiting Alpha Cen A. Their method involved outfitting ESO’s (European Southern...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
...USA. She received an undergraduate degree in physics at Rice University and a PhD in planetary science at the University of Arizona. She has been a member of five field teams with the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) programme and is a Fellow...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... foundation’s ‘Breakthrough Initiatives’. He holds a BS in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona (where he became a research professor). Dr Worden has authored or co-authored more...
