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 & Physics

Pluto Redux

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

July 5, 2019 — Chris Impey

Space & 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

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