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First Light for VIRUS-W Spectrograph
January 25, 2011
Texas Astronomer Wins Japanese Physics Prize
October 28, 2010
Multi-University Project to Study ‘Dark Energy’ Receives $8 Million from National Science Foundation
October 20, 2010
Tom Barnes Celebrates Six Months as Superintendent of McDonald Observatory
September 13, 2010
McDonald Observatory Dedicates Wheelchair-Accessible Telescope for Visitors
July 16, 2010
McDonald Observatory Launches Dark Skies Initiative with Video, Radio Programs
June 21, 2010
Recent Texas PhD Receives Trumpler Award from Astronomical Society of the Pacific
April 2, 2010
Universo Radio Program Celebrates 15 Years
March 25, 2010
Mary Kay Hemenway Awarded Education Prize by American Astronomical Society
February 18, 2010
Mary Kay Hemenway Speaks on ‘The Galileo Scandal’ in El Paso October 23
October 21, 2009
David Lambert Delivers Talk ‘Dark Ages to Dark Energy’ in Midland October 9
October 5, 2009
New McDonald Observatory Instrument Revolutionizes Galaxy Studies
July 9, 2009
Tom Barnes Discusses McDonald Observatory History at Austin’s Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum July 1
June 26, 2009
StarDate Magazine Launches Media Service with Planetary Line-Up in Pre-Dawn Sky June 19-21
June 16, 2009
Neal Evans Delivers Talk on ‘Time, Space, and Galileo’ at San Antonio’s Witte Museum June 21
June 10, 2009
McDonald Observatory Holds Open House April 4, Celebrates International Year of Astronomy
May 23, 2009
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