The possibility of humans colonizing outer space may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but British astronomer Chris Impey says that if the U.S. were pumping more money into the space program, ...

The Loft Cinema’s fourth annual National Evening of Science on Screen kicks off this Tuesday evening, featuring astronomer, author and UA professor Chris Impey, who will be discussing the future of ...

When Space Shuttle Atlantis skated down to Earth for the last time in 2011, it signaled the end of NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. But rather than heralding the twilight of a space age belonging ...

I used to feel confident that we had plenty of time to get off this planet before it burned up. You may know, or perhaps have forgotten, that in 5 billion years the sun will have become a red giant ...

One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’ By Chris Impey / The Conversation By Chris Impey / The Conversation By Chris Impey ...

As a part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Series, University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Chris Impey spoke Tuesday night in a lecture titled “Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Biology.” ...

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A UA astronomy professor was recognized last week with an award that will grant him $1 million to advance online science education for undergraduates. Chris Impey, a university distinguished professor ...

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I use moon and Mars rocks in my teaching and have a modest collection of meteorites. I marvel at the fact that I can hold in my hand something that is billions of years old from billions of miles away ...