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Galaxies of many shapes and colors dot the black background of distant space, with an inset zooming in on the red object dubbed "Virgil," the object of the study reported here.

The monster hiding in plain sight: JWST reveals cosmic shapeshifter in the early universe

Earth fills most of the image, a moody blue globe mostly covered with tiny blueish white clouds like carpet pile or sheep’s wool. In the foreground, the instrument panel is dark enough to be nearly in silhouette, like a city skyline. A tall thin rectangle juts up from the left side of the panel, like a tall building, which is part of the SamCam. In the center, a shorter, squatter polygon shape is the OLA instrument. A slightly lighter colored Y shape lays on its side in front of the OLA.

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft takes selfie with Earth during flyby

Several people gather at a reception in a courtyard outside the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

U of A highlights student success, research innovation at 'Reporting on Our Promise' board update

Stephanie Russo Carroll

U of A expert leads process to codify the first global standard on Indigenous Peoples' data

A green Malabar gliding frog blends in with foliage

Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows

A man wearing safety glasses and a suit observes a green-lit optical experiment with lasers and mirrors in a laboratory setting.

Quantum uncertainty tamed at the University of Arizona

A group of four, light brown prairie dogs a grouped together and peering out from a whole in a dirt-strewn field.

What can prairie dogs teach us about wildfire management?

Jessica Barnes sitting in a chair in her lab, loading a sample into an analyzer instrument

Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years

A person flips through a collection of vinyl records in a record store, using both hands to browse the albums in a crate.

Why do we collect? U of A study shows it's about seeking structure

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