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The eclipse will only cover about 75% of the sun in the Tucson area on April 8, but Kitt Peak and Flandrau Planetarium will hold viewing parties anyway.
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“No man had ever seen the sun eclipsed for such a long time, no flight crew had ever carried out such a difficult encounter so faultlessly, no plane had ever provided such a fine observatory ..."
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During Monday's solar eclipse, an airborne science mission will take off from Tucson to fly along in the moon's shadow and catch a rare glimpse of the sun's outer atmosphere.
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'Universe still has surprises for us': Study with Tucson ties confirms cosmic conundrumA team of researchers, including two from Tucson, have all but confirmed an enigma so far unexplained by physics: Our universe is expanding faster than it should be.
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Tucson-born, University of Arizona-led mission wins prestigious award previously given to the likes of Orville Wright, Chuck Yeager and the Apollo 11 crew.
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Starting Sunday, four University of Arizona artists will spend six days on the moon — a simulated version of it, anyway, at a new analog research facility at Biosphere 2.
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A piece of asteroid brought back from the Tucson-born OSIRIS-REx space mission will go on permanent display Wednesday in downtown Tucson.
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"The Asteroid Hunter," University of Arizona Regents Professor Dante Lauretta's memoir about leading the Tucson-born OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission, goes on sale March 19.
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A cosmic mission in Antarctica led by a University of Arizona astronomer sets a new NASA record for the longest scientific balloon flight.
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NASA makes it official: University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission brought back more than double the required amount of asteroid material.