TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Biosphere 2 has always been associated with space and space exploration. The facility is now home to a new University of Arizona program called CHaSE, which stands for Center ...

Long plagued by logistical problems and dogged by controversy, the troubled Biosphere 2, under new management, is attempting to revitalize one of the most criticized aspects of the program--the ...

Human space exploration helps to address important questions about unknown aspects of the universe and the ability to sustain life on other planets. At the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, the ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

Nestled in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains, around 31 miles from Tucson, there exists an oasis; a collection of environments one would never anticipate to exist in the scorched Arizona desert.

University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 has been the site for research on ecological systems and human habitation since it was built in the late 1980s. Now, the 3-acre ecological laboratory about 30 miles ...

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has a new startup incubator at Biosphere 2 that focuses on renewable energy and sustainable tech companies. University ...

In my recent EDN article, Man’s endeavor to live beyond Planet Earth, I discussed the present efforts of NASA and the Biosphere 2 in their efforts towards a Bio-Regenerative Life Support System (BLSS) ...