News Releases

2017

10 November 2017

Hubble Spots Expanding Light Echo Around a Supernova

03 November 2017

UT Austin and Partners Cast Fifth Massive Mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope

26 October 2017

Astronomers Detect Comets Outside our Solar System

28 September 2017

Astronomers Solve Mystery of Formation of First Supermassive Black Holes

26 September 2017

New Telescope Coming Soon to McDonald Observatory

10 July 2017

Heart of an Exploded Star Observed in 3-D

06 July 2017

Hubble Space Telescope Pushed Beyond Limits to Spot Clumps of New Stars in Distant Galaxy

05 June 2017

Astronomers Prove What Separates True Stars from Wannabes

30 May 2017

Do Stars Fall Quietly into Black Holes, or Crash into Something Utterly Unknown?

09 April 2017

Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope dedicated April 9; Dark energy survey, other cutting-edge science on the way

08 February 2017

Astronomers Find Faintest Early Galaxies Yet, Probe How the Early Universe Lit Up

24 January 2017

Robert N. Shelton Selected as President of Giant Magellan Telescope Organization

2016

19 December 2016

Famous Red Star Betelgeuse is Spinning Faster than Expected; May Have Swallowed a Companion 100,000 Years Ago

16 November 2016

Walter E. Massey and Taft Armandroff Selected to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors

24 August 2016

Astronomers Discover Rocky Planet Orbiting Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri

06 July 2016

A New Kind of Black Hole, Once a Theory, Now Firmly within Observers’ Sight

20 June 2016

Texas Astronomer Finds Young 'Super-Neptune,' New Planet Offers Clues to the Origin of Close-in Exoplanets

25 May 2016

Supermassive Black Holes Cause Galactic Warming

06 April 2016

Brendan Bowler Wins Hubble Fellowship

22 March 2016

First Discovery of a Binary Companion for a Type Ia Supernova

11 March 2016

CosmoQuest Partners, Including McDonald Observatory, Share $11.5 Million to Expand Astronomy Outreach Programs

24 February 2016

Newly Discovered Planet in the Hyades Cluster Could Shed Light on Planetary Evolution

2015

09 December 2015

High School Student Helps Discover New Planet, Calculates Frequency of Jupiter-like Planets

07 December 2015

Texas Astronomer Solves Mystery of 'Born Again' Stars with Hubble Space Telescope

19 November 2015

Early Galaxies More Efficient at Making Stars, Hubble Survey Reveals

11 November 2015

Giant Magellan Telescope, World’s Largest, Breaks Ground in Chilean Desert

02 November 2015

Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Sees First Light

26 August 2015

Dying Stars Suffer from 'Irregular Heartbeats'

23 July 2015

Texas Astronomers Help Find Earth’s Older, Bigger Cousin

03 June 2015

University of Texas at Austin, International Partners Approve Start of Construction for Giant Magellan Telescope

09 April 2015

McDonald Observatory’s Andrew Mann Wins Prestigious Hubble Fellowship

27 January 2015

Astronomers Discover Ancient Solar System with Five Earth-sized Planets

26 January 2015

Black Hole Chokes on a Swallowed Star

05 January 2015

Craig Nance is New Superintendent of McDonald Observatory

2014

10 October 2014

McDonald Observatory Astronomers Advise National Research Council

03 September 2014

Eminent Engineer and Physicist Appointed to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Project

12 August 2014

Giant 1930s Telescope Model on View at McDonald Observatory

24 July 2014

São Paulo, Brazil to Join Giant Magellan Telescope Project

03 July 2014

Astronomers Disprove Claims that Two 'Goldilocks Planets' Might Support Life

24 June 2014

Giant Magellan Telescope Organization and McDonald Observatory Partner to Inspire the Next Generation of Astronomers

09 May 2014

Globular Clusters Rotate at Heart

08 May 2014

Astronomers Find Sun’s ‘Long-Lost Brother,’ Pave Way for Family Reunion

28 April 2014

Winners of McDonald Observatory’s 75th Anniversary Art Contest Announced

07 April 2014

Texas, California Astronomers Release New Game 'Super Planet Crash'

07 March 2014

Texas Regents Authorize $50 Million for UT Austin Share in Giant Magellan Telescope

19 February 2014

Giant Magellan Telescope Poised to Enter Construction Phase, Texas Astronomy Program Announces

14 January 2014

Leading Astronomer Taft Armandroff Appointed New Director of McDonald Observatory

2013

04 December 2013

Giant Magellan Telescope’s Third Mirror Unveiled

23 October 2013

Texas Astronomer Discovers Most Distant Known Galaxy

17 October 2013

Sky Survey Captures Key Details of Cosmic Explosions

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