News Releases

2007

08 January 2007

University of Texas Astronomer's Studies of Galactic Bulges May Alter Leading Theory of Galaxy Evolution

2006

13 December 2006

University of Texas Astronomer Explores Planet Formation Around Our Galaxy's Smallest, Most Abundant Stars

09 November 2006

New Findings Cast Doubt on Leading Theory of our Galaxy's Birth

02 November 2006

McDonald Observatory, Department of Astronomy Complete $2 Million Director's Chair Endowment

19 October 2006

McDonald Observatory Thanks Congressman Henry Bonilla for Vital Funding of NESSI Project

09 October 2006

University of Texas Astronomers Confirm Planets Form from Disks Around Stars

28 August 2006

StarDate Radio Celebrates 15 Years with Announcer Sandy Wood

16 August 2006

First Science with SALT: Observations of an Eclipsing Polar Binary Star

20 July 2006

'Science and the Sea' Radio Program Launches This Summer

17 July 2006

McDonald Observatory Visitors Center Named for Former Director Dr. Frank N. Bash

07 June 2006

Site testing under way at McDonald Observatory for federally funded telescope

18 May 2006

McDonald Observatory honors local volunteers tonight

18 May 2006

Astronomers use McDonald Observatory telescopes to confirm extrasolar planet

02 May 2006

McDonald Observatory brings Astronomy Day to Texas kids, Internet audience on May 4

27 April 2006

McDonald Observatory receives $5 million challenge grant to study elusive dark energy

18 April 2006

Giant Magellan Telescope Group Gains Partner Down Under

04 April 2006

McDonald Observatory introduces new Fire Marshal, more during 'Texas Wildfire Awareness Week'

04 April 2006

McDonald Observatory introduces new Fire Marshal, more during 'Texas Wildfire Awareness Week'

27 March 2006

New 'MONET/North' telescope to be dedicated at McDonald Observatory tomorrow

09 March 2006

International team of astronomers discovers origins of 'extreme helium stars'

20 February 2006

Amateur astronomers make first sighting of '10th planet' through McDonald Observatory telescope

11 January 2006

Astronomers Use Spitzer Space Telescope to Challenge Brown Dwarf Formation Models

2005

01 December 2005

Astronomers find most stable optical clock in the heavens

09 November 2005

University of Texas at Austin helped build giant African telescope

20 September 2005

Astronomers find improved evidence for supermassive black hole in Andromeda galaxy, uncover new mystery

08 September 2005

Texas astronomers, others find dead stars collecting dust

01 September 2005

Beautiful images from SALT mark 'first light' for Africa's giant eye

25 July 2005

Joint project with Texas Forest Service makes McDonald Observatory safer, brings national recognition

21 July 2005

Texas flagship universities celebrate milestone in Giant Magellan Telescope partnership

07 June 2005

McDonald Observatory receives $750,000 gift from Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

26 May 2005

Six College Students to Spend Summer at McDonald Observatory

13 May 2005

McDonald Observatory explains 'space weather' to students live via statewide videoconference

03 May 2005

McDonald Observatory, Terlingua Preservation Foundation Unite to Preserve Dark West Texas Skies

01 March 2005

Universo radio program celebrates 10 years, brings astronomy & skylore to Spanish-speaking audience

24 February 2005

Texas astronomer J. Craig Wheeler elected President of American Astronomical Society

18 February 2005

Magnetar flare blitzed Earth Dec. 27, could solve cosmic mysteries

10 January 2005

McDonald Observatory Plans Outdoor 'Parallax Park'

07 January 2005

New Site, HET Managers at McDonald Observatory

04 January 2005

Texas Astronomers find Mystery Object in 'Starless Core' with Spitzer Space Telescope

2004

13 October 2004

High School Students Spend Night In Computer Lab, Help McDonald Observatory Search For Planets

27 September 2004

McDonald Observatory and Partners Receive Federal Appropriation, Move Forward Plans to Develop New Astronomy Facility

20 September 2004

StarDate Teams with Humanities Texas, Brings Native Skies to Nation's Airwaves

31 August 2004

McDonald Observatory Astronomers Discover Neptune-Sized Planet with Hobby-Eberly Telescope

03 August 2004

Mitchell Gift to Texas A&M, Support from The University of Texas at Austin Allow Flagship Universities to Join Telescope Consortium

09 July 2004

Texas Astronomers Find & Confirm Extrasolar Planet in Record Time with Hobby-Eberly Telescope

21 June 2004

Texas Astronomer Wins ASP's Muhlmann Award for Infrared Instruments

17 June 2004

'Blazar' Illuminates Era When Stars & Galaxies Formed

16 June 2004

Stellar Symposium Honors David Lambert's Birthday

02 June 2004

Astronomers Probe the Environment of Exploding Stars with HET, Computer Models

14 May 2004

Students Go Live Online with McDonald Observatory to Search for Planets

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