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Pierre Haenecour, the study's lead author, is pictured with one of the ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes used to obtain chemical and microstructural information about the stardust grain. (Photo: Maria Schuchardt/University of Arizona)

Ashes of a Dying Star Hold Clues about Solar System's Birth

April 29, 2019

A dust grain forged in a stellar explosion predating our solar system reveals new insights about how stars end their lives and seed the universe with the building blocks of new stars and planets.

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In this Apollo 17 onboard photo, scientist and astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collects rock samples from a huge boulder near the Valley of Tourus-Littrow on the lunar surface. (Photo: NASA)

UA Planetary Scientist Wins Bid to Study Moon Samples

March 11, 2019

Incoming assistant professor Jessica Barnes will have the opportunity to study a previously unopened sample of a moon rock that was collected in the early 1970s during NASA's Apollo 17 mission.

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Laura Seifert Wins M&M Student Scholar Award

Aug. 17, 2018

Congratulations to Laura Seifert for winning the 2018 MAS Student Scholar Award at the 2018 Microscopy Society of America Conference!

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