We are pleased to celebrate the great news that MIT has joined GMTO as the newest member of our international consortium. Read about this major milestone in the progression of GMTO to completion: https://t.co/E8JRcmPnUD

What if we told you black holes flip the switch on their magnetic fields? Recent images from the EHT show exactly that in M87*. This reshapes what we know about how black holes feed and power their colossal jets. Explore Steward’s role in the discovery: https://t.co/LY8ToAi2dB

Last month, UA’s CatSat mission—built by students—snapped a breathtaking image of Hurricane Erin, the largest Atlantic hurricane since Sandy. What started as an ionospheric mission became a once-in-a-decade weather event captured from space: https://t.co/0ejuw6v3fC

More than astronomers... in this case, IM Softball Champions! Over the summer, one of our two Steward Observatory softball team (StrOHS), won the Faculty/Staff IM Softball championship!

Looking for life beyond Earth? Steward Observatory's Daniel Apai is helping redefine what “life” means—a key step in exploring exoplanets & our own solar system. Read more: https://t.co/PbzMwGuSb7

Using MagAO-X, astronomers have captured—for the first time—a baby planet growing inside a disk of dust and gas. The sharp U of A-developed adaptive optics revealed how young worlds plow dark paths through their star’s protoplanetary disks as they form: https://t.co/zE6jRVkBFT

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected CatSat as a finalist for the Rookie Satellite of the Year award! Voting closes on Tuesday, August 12 at 11:59 pm - cast your vote now: https://t.co/W4MT2N4AXD

In a new paper this month from Carlos Vargas and the Aspera team, readers get updates and context for the Steward Observatory-based mission. Learn more about this bold mission that aims to study galaxy evolution through UV light: https://t.co/ovogdiYvsL

For 40 years, Michelle Cournoyer has supported students and faculty, solved problems, and shown up with heart. As she prepares to retire this August, we celebrate the impact of a true Steward Observatory legend: https://t.co/C0Is5qb0P0

The Rubin Observatory has captured its first images with the largest digital camera ever built—and many of its tiny, powerful sensors were made here at our Imaging Technology Lab! Now begins a decade-long survey of the night sky, powered by U of A tech. https://t.co/AoDHfp5J6s

The University of Arizona ranked #4 in space sciences globally according to the latest report from US News and World report -- and #2 among US public universities -- affirming Steward Observatory's longstanding leadership in astronomy. Read more: https://t.co/iu3n35OXBn

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first imagery: glowing nebulas, pulsating stars, swarms of asteroids and millions of galaxies. For Steward Observatory, this moment represents the culmination of decades of vision and hard work 🔭 Read more: https://t.co/dM6KxgZ3Sv

Lucy Steffes, a first-year graduate student in the Astronomy Department at The University of Arizona, is on a winning streak: in March, her poster on prestellar cores won second prize at an ESO meeting. Now, Lucy’s poster has won a Chambliss Award at AAS: https://t.co/1llw2i5Y6P

In the belly of the beast: Steward Observatory research associate Sean Linden’s latest research reveals the processes shaping galaxies in the early universe—the same processes which may shape our own Milky Way galaxy billions of years in the future: https://t.co/kcq4hGITT3

“What a great moment for the future of American astronomy,” said Dr. Robert Shelton, President of the GMT: the telescope has received official approval from NSF, confirming that the observatory will advance into its Major Facilities Final Design Phase: https://t.co/HCQVUwe3Zf

“The Giant Magellan Telescope will be a major upgrade for our ability to study planets around other stars, especially when we take pictures of them using the in-development instrument GMag AO-X,” says Steward Observatory's Jared Males. Read more: https://t.co/tzb62aIvh7

An international team of astronomers that includes Associate Astronomer Chi-kwan Chan of Steward Observatory has trained a neural network with millions of synthetic black hole data sets--highlighting the potential for AI to advance astronomy discoveries: https://t.co/5hgCUUQ38t

Congratulations to Roswell Roberts IV, Astronomy major and winner of the Outstanding Senior Award in the Dept. of Hydrology & Atmospheric Science! Read Roswell's reflections on his time at U of A: https://t.co/34OUabNspc

When is an alien world habitable? Steward Observatory's Daniel Apai explores this question in his latest article in The Conversation: https://t.co/T0tnoWaBfh

NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to launch the Aspera mission, led by Steward Observatory's assistant astronomer Carlos Vargas. Aspera will study galaxy formation through the observation of ultraviolet light. Read more: https://t.co/oVhFi9r3sH