School of Earth and Space Exploration

ASU campus at twilight

Local, national and global affairs

5 ASU faculty members named AAAS Fellows

Galaxy of individual stars or star clusters

Science and technology

ASU astronomers help unlock clues to what drives galaxy evolution over time

March 25, 2026

comet dust cloud

Astronomers discover faint glow close to home in 20 years of Hubble images

March 23, 2026

SPARCX

ASU postdoc joins team planning first moon sample return since Apollo era

March 18, 2026

View of Earth from space, taken by Aurora’s onboard wing camera, which is visible in the upper right of the image.

ASU-built camera hitches a ride on Aurora spaceplane for university space research

March 13, 2026

ASU-Monument-Sign

First cohort of Beus Prize Fellows brings fresh perspective, bold research ideas to ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration

March 12, 2026

Scientists wearing protective outfits work with a CubeSat in a lab.

Science and technology

ASU-led SPARCS mission achieves 'first light,' marking the start of its science operations in orbit

March 12, 2026

Researchers aboard a boat as the sun sets behind them.

Environment and sustainability

ASU expedition finds an aquatic world teeming with life

March 04, 2026

A woman stands behind a lectern moderating a panel of four people sitting behind a long table

Local, national and global affairs

Global challenges at forefront of security and defense event

March 03, 2026

A collage graphic depicting the state of Arizona, copper, mining, robotics, artificial intelligence and students learning.

Local, national and global affairs

ASU works with Freeport-McMoRan to strengthen supply of a critical mineral — copper

February 24, 2026

ASU SMS Sibo Chen 1

Science and technology

How one professor re-creates the extreme interiors of planets in an ASU lab

January 29, 2026