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High School Student Helps Discover New Planet, Calculates Frequency of Jupiter-like Planets
December 9, 2015
Texas Astronomer Solves Mystery of ‘Born Again’ Stars with Hubble Space Telescope
December 7, 2015
Early Galaxies More Efficient at Making Stars, Hubble Survey Reveals
November 19, 2015
Giant Magellan Telescope, World’s Largest, Breaks Ground in Chilean Desert
November 11, 2015
Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Sees First Light
November 2, 2015
Dying Stars Suffer from ‘Irregular Heartbeats’
August 26, 2015
Texas Astronomers Help Find Earth’s Older, Bigger Cousin
July 23, 2015
UT Austin, International Partners Approve Start of Construction for Giant Magellan Telescope
June 2, 2015
McDonald Observatory’s Andrew Mann Wins Prestigious Hubble Fellowship
April 9, 2015
Astronomers Discover Ancient Solar System with Five Earth-sized Planets
January 27, 2015
Black Hole Chokes on a Swallowed Star
January 26, 2015
Craig Nance is New Superintendent of McDonald Observatory
January 5, 2015