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The far side of the moon, with distant Earth in the background, is visible in this photo taken by the Chang'e 5-T1 mission.

Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon

A University of Arizona team tracked down a contested piece of space junk that crashed onto the moon. Their findings shed light on why it left not one but two craters.

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Photo of UArizona researchers observe the separation of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule from the spacecraft

Tracking the Bennu Sample Capsule's Separation from OSIRIS-REx

Photo of Vishnu Reddy at the Space Domain Awareness Observatory

Studying Nuclear Waste Orbiting Earth for Space Safety

Photo showing bright streaks in an arc across the night sky that are caused by the satellite BlueWalker 3.

Satellite Brightness Threatens Ground-based Astronomy, Research Shows

Photo of Comet Nishimura.

Don’t Miss Comet Nishimura This Weekend, a Once-in-a-Lifetime View

Photo of students presenting at the 2023 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

UArizona Researchers Develop AI-Powered Methods to Improve Safety in Space

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UArizona’s Space4 Center Joins International Collaboration Focused on AI and Space Safety

Photo of the Moon's south pole

Mission to the Moon: Who will win Russian and India's race to the lunar South Pole?

This long-exposure image, taken shortly before sunrise, shows stars appearing to “trail” around the south celestial pole (at the center of the circles) above the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR Telescope)

It looked like a bizarre alignment of meteors. It was something else.