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Workers at the University of Arizona's Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab place glass in the furnace for the 5th mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope, October 2017.

UA Casts 5th Mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope

Mirror Lab celebrates 20th mirror made for instruments around the world.

This is how the moon will appear on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, according to an online tool from NASA.

Eyes to the Night Sky Saturday for Worldwide Moon Viewing

Tucson astronomy group to set up telescopes, donate instrument to Pima County Public Library for International Observe the Moon Night.

UA astronomer David Sand discovered supernova SN 2017cbv in March 2017 when he was with the Las Cumbres Observatory in California.

UA Astronomer Among First to 'See' Star Collision in Space

Two neutron stars collide to create gravitational waves detected on earth and allow for observation.

UA Telescope Gets First Look at OSIRIS-REx

Spacecraft passing Earth soon for slingshot to asteroid Bennu.

Star-gazing at Kartchner Caverns State Park.

Lights Go Out at Kartchner Caverns, Newest Dark-Sky Park

Managing artificial light benefits astronomy, wildlife and humans, association director says.

Haruo Nakajima played the part of Godzilla - and many other Toho studios monsters - for more than 20 years.

Farewell to The King of the Monsters

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Opioid addicts struggle to get their recovery covered; astronomical events in the works of William Shakespeare; and a folktale from India in "The Drum & The Story".

A map of the path of the total solar eclipse occurring Aug. 21, 2017.

Tucson Astronomer to Lead Citizen Observations During Eclipse

Arizona to see partial blockage Aug. 21

The dome of a telescope at the UA Sky Center campus on Mount Lemmon.

Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Open House Saturday

Telescopes, exhibits and family activities show off science of the mountain.

NASA camera captured this total solar eclipse.

Total Solar Eclipse in 6 Months Has Astronomers Preparing

Phenomenon can be seen in 70-mile swath from regon to South Carolina; partly visible in Arizona.

False-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor, seen by a camera at New Mexico State University.

Two Meteor Showers Will Dazzle in Arizona's August Sky

Overlapping showers mean lots of visible shooting stars.

Completed in 1962, the National Solar Observatory's McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, is the world's largest solar telescope.

Era of Solar Discovery on Kitt Peak Coming to an End

Larger telescope on Maui will continue research

A time lapse photograph of light pollution from Tucson reaching the Picacho Peak night sky.

Bill Would Loosen Restrictions on Electronic Billboards

Astronomers worried that it will lead to incremental loss of dark skies.

Comet Catalina Makes Brief Appearance

Discovered by Catalina Sky Survey in 2013

Small Crater on Arcuate Ridge West of Olympia Mensae

AZ WEEK: Exploring Mars on Silver Screen, in UA Research

University of Arizona's connection to planetary science dates to dawn of Space Age.

Tucson Residents Focus on the Moon, Celebrate Science

Groups encourage residents to "look up and be inspired."

This artist's concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. The habitable zone is a region around a star where temperatures are right for water -- an essential ingredient for life as we know it -- to pool on the surface. Scientists do not know if Kepler-452b can support life or not. What is known about the planet is that it is about 60 percent larger than Earth, placing it in a class of planets dubbed "super-Earths."

Whipple Observatory Supplied Data for Planet Discovery

First near-earth-size planet in habitable zone

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