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Amateur Scientists Have Helped Astronomers Identify Nearly a Quarter-Million Galaxies
December 1, 2022
Hobby-Eberly Telescope reaches 25th anniversary milestone
October 10, 2022
Stars Shed Light on Why Stellar Populations Are So Similar in Milky Way
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Wide View of Early Universe Hints at Galaxy Among the Earliest Ever Detected
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Investment from UT Austin, Other Partners Accelerates Construction of Giant Magellan Telescope
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McDonald Observatory, Partners Create World’s Largest International Dark Sky Reserve
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Two NASA Post-Doctoral Fellows Coming to UT Austin
March 30, 2022
Astronomer Stella Offner Receives Delta Young Astronomer Lectureship Award
March 16, 2022
Giant Magellan Telescope Awards IDOM Final Design of its Telescope Enclosure
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Brendan Bowler Receives 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
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Bill Wren, Tireless Promoter of Dark Skies, Retires from McDonald Observatory
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