News Releases

2003

13 August 2003

Lambert to Lead McDonald Observatory

06 August 2003

Exploding Stars: Asymmetry with Cosmological Consequences

11 July 2003

Summer Brings New Attractions to McDonald Observatory

23 June 2003

StarDate Radio Program Celebrates 25 Years

20 June 2003

Media Advisory: Westcave Preserve & McDonald Observatory Present Summer Solstice Events June 21

05 May 2003

What are Astronomers Doing at McDonald Observatory?

31 January 2003

Astronomer, Educator Hemenway Inducted into Texas Hall of Fame for Science, Mathematics, and Technology

31 January 2003

StarDate Magazine Celebrates 30 Years

2002

03 December 2002

Texas astronomers make precise measure of extrasolar world’s true mass

23 October 2002

Texas astronomer watches as black hole eats a star

09 October 2002

McDonald Observatory Planet Search finds first planet orbiting close-in binary star

17 September 2002

UT-Austin astronomer discovers massive black holes in two star clusters

16 September 2002

NEWS MEDIA AVISORY UT-Austin astronomer's black hole discoveries subject of NASA news conference

16 September 2002

NEWS MEDIA AVISORY UT-Austin astronomer's black hole discoveries subject of NASA news conference

10 May 2002

Texas astronomer brings infrared space telescope team to UT-Austin

09 April 2002

Texas Astronomer uses Hubble Space Telescope to Solve Mystery of Favorite Galaxy

08 March 2002

Media Representatives Invited to April 6 Preview of New McDonald Observatory Visitors Center

06 February 2002

HET Goes “Back to Nature”

13 January 2002

Bash to Step Down as McDonald Observatory Director

07 January 2002

Radioactive decay of elements gives age of stars, points to evolution of the Milky Way

07 January 2002

Radiation zaps Mars and extrasolar planets, affects biological evolution

2001

29 November 2001

Give the StarDate Sky Almanac this season and support science education in Texas!

29 November 2001

Meadows Foundation Grant to Benefit McDonald Observatory

29 November 2001

Texas Teachers to Benefit from $35K Gift to McDonald Observatory

14 June 2001

UT Austin scientists find evidence that all radio-loud quasars may be blazars

05 May 2001

Missing Molecule Holds Clues to Comet's Origin

14 February 2001

World’s Top Observatories to Collaborate for Public Education

14 February 2001

American Electric Power Sponsors StarDate, Bringing Astronomy Lore to Millions

14 February 2001

SBC Foundation supports radio outreach for science education

2000

12 October 2000

Touching the Stars: UT Astronomer Honored for Inspiring Teachers, Students

29 August 2000

Long Foundations provide support for Universo, Spanish-language sister program to StarDate radio broadcasts

23 August 2000

Long Foundations support Universo

07 August 2000

Search For Extrasolar Planets Hits Home

26 June 2000

New Lighting Ordinance Promotes Darker Skies, Safer Streets

21 June 2000

Interstellar Clouds Yield Clues to the Origins of the Element Lithium

05 June 2000

Supermassive Black Holes Reveal New Clues to Galaxy Formation

31 March 2000

Telescopes, Terrain, and Technology Unite Twin Towns

28 March 2000

Astrophysical issues to be explored by researchers from Texas and Mexico during UT Austin conference

02 March 2000

Jets, Not Neutrinos, May Cause Supernova Explosions, Scientists Say

02 March 2000

Hobby-Eberly Telescope Enters Early Operation Phase

04 February 2000

John Kormendy Fills First Vaughan Chair in Astronomy

28 January 2000

New $6 million Astronomy Science Center at McDonald Observatory To be Built for Texas, Nation

28 January 2000

Signing of Southern African Large Telescope Agreement Marks Major Milestone

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