
UT Austin Astronomy
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The Department of Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin
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http://astronomy.utexas.edu 26-02-2014 17:45:09
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An excellent article, with several quotes from three members of the UT Austin Astronomy Cosmic Frontier Center! quantamagazine.org/the-beautiful-…




Lots of folks stayed up late last night and caught an incredible show - the aurora was back! This video was shot from 8:30pm-10:30pm last night at McDonald Observatory by Stephen Hummel, used with permission. Did you see the aurora? Show us your pics in the comments!


⭐ WEDNESDAY! ⭐ Join McDonald Observatory, and hosts Dr. Julián Muñoz & Saul Rivera, to learn about dark matter & dark energy, in a special Spanish-language Livestream: Viajando en Vivo por el Cielo Nocturno: Materia Oscura y Energía Oscura See you there! ow.ly/ssm950TMYFy

.UT Austin Astronomy graduate fellow Kyle Franson and John Hopkins graduate student William Balmer co-led a project that captured an image of an exoplanet. Despite the project's obstacles of time and visibility, it will help provide information about a planet's atmospheric composition,


We're thrilled to help welcome the first class of postdoctoral fellows in UT Austin Astronomy's Cosmic Frontier Center! Learn about the center & the work these researchers are doing, tackling key questions of the Universe! ow.ly/fW1H50TTyuv #WhatStartsHere #JWST



So exciting! 🤩 Northwestern has joined Giant Magellan Telescope Telescope’s international consortium - Expanding it to 15 research institutions worldwide!! 🎉


Why were there so many galaxies and stars in the early universe? UT Austin astronomer Mike Boylan-Kolchin proposes a novel answer: dark matter was dense enough then to overcome feedback that normally slows star formation. academic.oup.com/mnras/article-… McDonald Observatory UT Austin Astronomy


Congratulations to 2025 #RCSAFellow Jenna Samuel, Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin! Jenna Samuel UT Austin Astronomy

