True Concord Voices & Orchestra premieres "Helios", and welcomes a friend from the final frontier - actor John de Lancie.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Patrick Robles, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Student, urges the City of Tucson to keep public transit free; and The Tucson Orchid Society celebrates 50 years of shared fascination.
University of Arizona graduate tracks satellite constellations for beleagured astronomers
Her study comes as Space X prepares to launch more sky-cluttering Starlink spacecraft.
Contreras Fire burns more than 18,000 acres
Fire managers say the fire is more than 40% contained.
University of Arizona astronomy researchers track space junk to the Moon
The spent rocket stage is expected to crash on the far side in March.
OSIRIS-REx helps scientists project asteroid orbits
Data shows that Bennu will eventually make a close fly-by of Earth.
Arizona professor will lead NASA project to locate menacing objects near Earth
An infrared telescope will track any asteroids that one day could crash into the planet
Newest UA telescope mirror in cool down phase
Technicians are preparing to polish it for use in a mountaintop observatory
"Bend in the Wash: The Rancho Linda Vista Artist Community"
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Searching for gamma-rays with a telescope array in the Santa Rita Mountains, and film essayist Chris Dashiell on the masterpiece “La Jetée”.
UA researchers receive grant to build new space telescope
The Aspera project is expected to launch in 2024.
Adiba Nelson asks “What will it take for America to understand the pain of Black women?”
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Preserving the hidden history of one of Tucson's oldest Black communities; SpaceX launches a new era in space travel; and - was Speedway Boulevard ever really the ugliest street in America?
The top theory about our moon's origin was developed in Tucson
Tucson scientists published in 1975 the key theory about the moon's creation.
OSIRIS-REx team chooses spot on asteroid to grab sample
The team chose the site by whittling down candidates using a bracket system.
Ann Hampton Callaway sings "The Linda Ronstadt Songbook".
Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild; Arizona Theatre Company's "Silent Sky"; and Adiba Nelson on "The Trick That is Halloween".
Ocean & Space
Learn about UA scientists in the Southern Ocean measuring climate change; and celebrating the past and future of space exploration at Spacefest X.
Tucson Youth Put National Parks in Focus
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Visit the Center for Compassion Studies; NASA pioneer Dee O'Hara interview; Adiba Nelson talks "From Period to Postpartum"; holiday traditions old and new.
