Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A color version of the haboob hitting Phoenix on July 5th, 2011

A relative of the desert haboob: The less predictable dust-channel

Mikayla Mace December 9, 2016

By MIKAYLA MACE Arizona Sonora News [UPDATED] Everyone in Arizona knows what haboobs are: A towering wall of dust, sometimes a half-mile high and a hundred miles wide, caused by summer monsoons...

Ali Bramson, graduate student in the University of Arizonas Lunar and Planetary Laboratory works atop the Holuhraun lava flow in Iceland in Aug. 2015.  Shes part of the next generation of space scientists to enter the field. (Photo by Mikayla Mace / Arizona Sonora News)

The Space Race of the past launched astronomy’s future in Tucson

Mikayla Mace November 27, 2016

By MIKAYLA MACE Arizona Sonora News On July 20, 1969, 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon and say, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Little...

The view from a 10 minute hike from the Mount Lemmon Sky Center on Mount Lemmon in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. The high pressure sodium lights that line Tucson streets cause the golden glow over the city that astronomers have to work around. Mikayla Mace / Arizona Sonora New Service

The stars at night, they’re not so bright. Deep in the heart of Tucson.

Mikayla Mace October 19, 2016

By MIKAYLA MACE Arizona Sonora News Service The sun sets in Tucson; street lights blink on; storefronts glow. From downtown, you can see a handful of stars, and quite a bit more if you are in other...

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