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News from the Observatory
27 April 2022
Supernova Reveals Secrets to Texas-led Team of Astronomers
18 April 2022
McDonald Observatory Holds Dark Skies Festival April 29-30
7 April 2022
Partners Create World’s Largest International Dark Sky Reserve
30 March 2022
Two NASA Post-Doctoral Fellows Coming to UT Austin
16 March 2022
Stella Offner Receives Delta Young Astronomer Award
8 March 2022
GMT Awards Contract for Telescope Enclosure
15 February 2022
Brendan Bowler Receives 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
7 February 2022
Bill Wren, Promoter of Dark Skies, Retires from Observatory