Astronomical images, asteroid exploration and a long-awaited art arrival: Top stories of 2022

Astronomical images, asteroid exploration and a long-awaited art arrival: Top stories of 2022From exploring the deepest corners of the universe to reimagining urban heat resilience, University of Arizona expertise in several disciplines generated international headlines in 2022. Nick Prevenas Today University Communications220712_Carina_Nebula_NIRCam_web1.jpg This landscape of what looks like mountains and valleys speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA's Webb Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Called the Cosmic Cliffs, it is the edge of the giant, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScIArts and HumanitiesBusiness and LawCampus NewsHealthScience and TechnologySocial Sciences and EducationAstronomyCollege of Architecture, Planning and Landscape ArchitectureCollege of Fine ArtsCollege of Social and Behavioral SciencesDeterminationExplorationInstitutional ExcellenceJames Webb Space TelescopeNative American Advancement, Initiatives& ResearchOSIRIS-APEXOSIRIS-RExSpace Media contact(s)Nick Prevenas Director, Media Relations, University Communicationsnpr...
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