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Universo Radio Program Airs 5,000th Episode, Brings Astronomy & Skylore to Spanish-Speaking Audience
November 25, 2008
Scientists Discover New Planet Orbiting Dangerously Close to Giant Star
November 19, 2008
Galactic Luminaries to Converge on University of Texas Tuesday
November 5, 2008
Astronomers Quimby, Wheeler Win Hyer Award from American Physical Society’s Texas Section
October 22, 2008
Astronomers Discover Key Molecule for Life Floating in Space Between the Stars
September 19, 2008
Advertising Students Practice Real-Word Campaigning; Compete to Aid UT Astronomy Program
July 21, 2008
Grant Funds Boy Scout Program, More, at McDonald Observatory
June 2, 2008
Recent Texas PhD Awarded Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Astronomy
May 7, 2008
McDonald Observatory Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star
May 1, 2008
Award-winning, Solar-powered House Built by University of Texas Students Comes to McDonald Observatory
April 22, 2008
Presidents of Texas’ Two Flagship Universities Powell and Murano, Philanthropist Mitchell Encourage Texans to Support Telescope Project
April 15, 2008
Astronomers Find Suspected Medium-Sized Black Hole in Omega Centauri
April 2, 2008
McDonald Observatory Receives $190,000 NASA Grant; Will Train Texas Elementary, Middle School Teachers in Science Education
February 7, 2008
New Instrument, Telescope Upgrades Enable Pioneering Dark Energy Experiment at McDonald Observatory
January 10, 2008
Study of ‘GEMS’ from Hubble, Spitzer Space Telescopes Reveals Cosmic Fireworks Fizzled Out at Universe Reached Mid-Life
January 9, 2008