News Releases

2009

17 February 2009

AEP Texas Funds Scholarships for West Texas Schools to Bring K-12 Students to McDonald Observatory

02 February 2009

Astronomers Discover Links Between Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Formation

2008

25 November 2008

Universo Radio Program Airs 5,000th Episode, Brings Astronomy & Skylore to Spanish-Speaking Audience

19 November 2008

Scientists Discover New Planet Orbiting Dangerously Close to Giant Star

05 November 2008

Galactic Luminaries to Converge on University of Texas Tuesday

22 October 2008

Astronomers Quimby, Wheeler Win Hyer Award from American Physical Society's Texas Section

19 September 2008

Astronomers Discover Key Molecule for Life Floating in Space Between the Stars

21 July 2008

Advertising Students Practice Real-Word Campaigning; Compete to Aid UT Astronomy Program

02 June 2008

Grant Funds Boy Scout Program, More, at McDonald Observatory

07 May 2008

Recent Texas PhD Awarded Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Astronomy

01 May 2008

McDonald Observatory Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star

22 April 2008

Award-winning, Solar-powered House Built by University of Texas Students Comes to McDonald Observatory

15 April 2008

Presidents of Texas' Two Flagship Universities Powell and Murano, Philanthropist Mitchell Encourage Texans to Support Telescope Project

02 April 2008

Astronomers Find Suspected Medium-Sized Black Hole in Omega Centauri

07 February 2008

McDonald Observatory Receives $190,000 NASA Grant; Will Train Texas Elementary, Middle School Teachers in Science Education

10 January 2008

New Instrument, Telescope Upgrades Enable Pioneering Dark Energy Experiment at McDonald Observatory

09 January 2008

Study of 'GEMS' from Hubble, Spitzer Space Telescopes Reveals Cosmic Fireworks Fizzled Out at Universe Reached Mid-Lif

2007

05 December 2007

Texas Astronomer Makes First Ground-Based Detection of Extra-Solar Planet Atmosphere with HET

19 November 2007

University of Texas at Austin Astronomy Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship

09 November 2007

Astronomers Discover Sun's Twin at McDonald Observatory

10 October 2007

Most Powerful Supernova Ever: Found with Mini, Monumental McDonald Observatory Telescopes

09 October 2007

Consortium Selects Site in Chile for Future Giant Magellan Telescope

04 September 2007

'Astronomy Day from McDonald Observatory' Will Reach Thousands of Texas Middle-School Students

26 July 2007

University of Texas at Austin Astronomer Shares $500,000 International Cosmology Prize

08 July 2007

Hobby-Eberly Telescope Helps Astronomers Learn Secrets of One of Universe's Most Distant Objects

08 June 2007

McDonald Observatory Thanks Employees for Dedicated Service

29 May 2007

Astronomers Search for Quasars with a 'Kick'

23 May 2007

Astronomers Discover Multi-Planet System; May Alter Theories of Planet Formation

10 May 2007

Texas Astronomer Finds Six 'Cosmic Clocks' in Star Born Soon After Big Bang

07 May 2007

Free Fun for All at McDonald Observatory Open House This Saturday

16 April 2007

Don Wallace is New Site Superintendent for McDonald Observatory

12 April 2007

McDonald Observatory Holds Open House May 12

05 April 2007

Texas Astronomers Achieve Major Improvement in Cosmic Distance Scale with Hubble Telescope

01 March 2007

McDonald Observatory Makes Fun, Educational Spring Break Destination

26 February 2007

AEP Foundation Grants $30K to McDonald Observatory

05 February 2007

American Astronomical Society Confers Highest Honor on McDonald Observatory Director David Lambert

10 January 2007

Texas Supernova Search Finds Exploding Stars Fast, Follows Up Faster with Giant Telescope

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

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