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Interesting in all in studying the moon. It was close, it was boring, you could see it pretty clearly. There wasnt much there. Jerad was the only one that wanted to do and that became important in 1961 when the president announced that we were going to send people to the moon. Why did he come to tucson to study the moon. Jerard made it a hub of science and in my book i talk about tucson as the birthplace of science, not only did we have dark skies but a clear view of the planets. He set up telescopes dedicated to studying moon and planet, essentially unheard of at the time. How is astronomy di...

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

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

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

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.