Check out current research by 2003 UA Space Grant Intern, Britney Schmidt, on robotic submarines! Jan. 30, 2020 An underwater vehicle from the Georgia Institute of Technology makes its first-ever visit to Thwaites Glacier’s grounding zone as part of the historic International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. Read more
2011 UA/NASA Space Grant Intern, Nabila Huq (right), now researches potential bioblendstock for diesel fuel Dec. 19, 2019 A novel oxygenate molecule that can be produced from biomass shows promise for use as a blend for diesel fuel, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Read more
UA/NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellow, Charles Parrish, at iShowcase Dec. 11, 2019 UA/NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellow, Charles Parrish, demoes a component of his Space Grant Outreach Fellowship work on accessible, immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences. Read more
2019-20 UA/NASA Communications Intern, Rachel Abraham, discusses complex carbon molecules in nebulae with UA Researchers Dec. 3, 2019 Mimicking conditions thought to exist around dying stars, researchers discovered a mechanism that could explain why planetary nebulae are teeming with complex carbon molecules. Read more
UA/NASA Space Grant Mentor, Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, leads a project to determine whether Arizona town is exposed to harmful mining toxins Nov. 26, 2019 UA-led project studies if Arizona town is exposed to harmful mining toxins By Alana Minkler - The Daily Wildcat "Roy Chavez, a lifelong resident of Superior, Ariz., a small mining Read more
UA SEDS students present their research at SpaceVision 2019 Conference at ASU! Nov. 13, 2019 UA SEDS students present their research at SpaceVision 2019 Conference at ASU! Read more
2019-20 UA Space Grant undergraduate intern, Rachel Abraham, highlights two astronomers named AAAS If/Then Ambassadors, for UA Communications Nov. 6, 2019 University of Arizona astronomers Erika Hamden and Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil have been selected as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) If/Then Ambassadors. Read more
Space Grant mentor Daniel Stolte interviews UA researchers on cradle of comets discovered beyond Jupiter Oct. 25, 2019 UA researchers discuss the discovery of a cradel of comets with Daniel Stolte - an AZSG mentor, working with intern Rachel Abraham. Read more
UA Space Grant Mentor, Dennis Zaritsky, to give Dark Matter lecture in Spanish Oct. 24, 2019 As a part of its annual evening lecture series, the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory will host a free lecture on dark matter entirely in Spanish. The Steward Observatory has been hosting public astronomy lectures in English since 1922 but began offering Spanish lectures in fall 2018. Read more