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Observatory Remembers Harlan J. Smith on His 100th Birthday
August 25, 2024
Board of Visitors 2025 Summer Meeting Takes Place July 26-27
August 22, 2024
McDonald Observatory Welcomes New Assistant Director for Research Support
August 14, 2024
Bass Foundation Gift Strengthens Outreach at McDonald Observatory
July 2, 2024
Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction
June 13, 2024
Winter Board of Visitors Meeting Explores Artificial Intelligence
May 16, 2024
How We Celebrated the April Eclipse
May 7, 2024
NASA Awards Fellowships to Two UT Austin Postdocs
April 3, 2024
UT Astronomy Graduate Student Receives Fellowship to Study Exoplanets
March 28, 2024
April 8 Partial Eclipse at McDonald Observatory
March 25, 2024
LightSound Workshops Make April’s Eclipse More Accessible to Visually Impaired
January 30, 2024
McDonald Observatory Celebrates October Solar Eclipse
October 25, 2023
Permian Basin Area Foundation Supports McDonald Observatory Exhibit Renovations
October 24, 2023
Department of Energy Awards Wootton Center Grant for Research and Education
September 11, 2023
Observatory Celebrates Board of Visitors at Summer Meeting
August 30, 2023
McDonald Observatory Invites Ecological Research as a Texas Field Station
August 29, 2023
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