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Astronomers Disprove Planet Orbiting Nearby Barnard’s Star
FORT DAVIS, Texas — Astronomers are announcing...Texas-Led Team Finds Earth-Sized, Habitable Zone Planet Hidden in Early NASA Kepler Data
A team of transatlantic scientists...Planet Finder Validates Its First Habitable-Zone Exoplanet, a Mini Neptune
FORT DAVIS, Texas — Astronomers have...UT Austin Astronomer Spies Most Distant Dusty Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight
AUSTIN — Astronomer Caitlin Casey of...Astronomers Discover Binary Star in the NGC 2632 "Beehive" Cluster
Astronomers have detected a new low-mass...Famous Red Star Betelgeuse is Spinning Faster than Expected; May Have Swallowed a Companion 100,000 Years Ago
AUSTIN — Astronomer J. Craig...News
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Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All
It got called the crisis in cosmology. But now astronomers can explain some surprising recent discoveries. Read more... -
Take a Tour of UT Through the Lens of Science
Spots that are a part of The University of Texas at Austin can serve purposes for both science learning and community R&R. Read more... -
Early Dark Energy Could Resolve Cosmology’s Two Biggest Puzzles
Michael Boylan-Kolchin and others show “early dark energy” might help solve the Hubble Tension and explain why there are more early galaxies than expected. Read more... -
New AI Institute Led by UT Researchers Will Accelerate Cosmic Discovery
Stella Offner and Arya Farahi are among the leads of a new multi-institution institute focused on AI and astronomy. Read more...
