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Image 2023-2024 Nininger Meteorite Award to Maizey Benner June 3, 2025 The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Read more
Image Asteroid Bennu Comes From a Long-lost Salty World With Ingredients For Life Jan. 29, 2025 Nature had the conditions to "cook up" the chemical precursor ingredients for life before Earth formed, according to two studies published by the sample analysis team of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which is led by Dante Lauretta at the University of Arizona. Read more
Image All About Asteroids with OSIRIS-REx and SPACEWATCH March 14, 2024 In this video, Dr. Erika Hamden, professor of astrophysics at the U of A, talks with KALFAA science director Professor Tom Zega to learn about KALFAA's role in analyzing the Bennu sample. Read more