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University of Arizona delivers Big Game-level bucks to Tucson's economy | News

Last year, a study done by Tempe-based Rounds Consulting Group revealed that the UA’s astronomy and space sciences operations alone generate nearly as much money for the local economy every

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Tucson Tech: Feds darken outlook of U of A telescope project

Recent developments have cast a shadow on critical federal funding needed to complete the Giant Magellan Telescope, a major University of Arizona project.

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Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon

Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon
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How the Moon formed | Astronomy.com

This is what we know about the Moon, the brightest object in the night sky, and a target of fascination and folklore for eons.

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Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon

A new publication details how a team at the University of Arizona's Space4 Center tracked down a contested piece of space junk that created two impact craters when it crashed onto the surface of the moon. The analysis suggests an undisclosed payload was involved. 

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UA-run spacecraft returning to Earth with Bennu asteroid samples

UA-run spacecraft returning to Earth with Bennu asteroid samples
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Space's Salty Secrets: Asteroid Holds Clues As to How Earth Got Its Water

The finding of minute salt particles in an asteroid sample retrieved by the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft suggests that the presence of liquid water might be more prevalent among the solar system's largest asteroid population than previously thought. Sodium chloride, better known as table salt, is

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Giant Magellan Telescope takes shape at famed Tucson lab

Giant Magellan Telescope takes shape at famed Tucson lab
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