Stories by Chris Impey

Chris Impey is an associate dean and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona. He does research on supermassive black holes and science literacy, and teaches two massive open online classes, or MOOCs.

Space

Pluto Redux

The faraway world’s demotion more than a decade ago opened a celestial can of worms

July 5, 2019 — Chris Impey

Physics

Tibetan Monks Meet Science near the Roof of the World

Astronomical and cosmological questions get an airing in India’s Sikkim province in a program started 20 years ago by the Dalai Lama

May 28, 2019 — Chris Impey

Space

China Makes Its Move to the Moon [Excerpt]

China’s current rank of eighth in the space race is misleading. The nation’s engineers are drawing up plans for a moon-capable rocket more powerful than the U.S.’s Saturn 5...

July 17, 2015 — Chris Impey