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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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Astronomers Uncover Methane Emission on a Cold Brown Dwarf
The research team used the James Webb Space Telescope to make a surprising finding about a cold, distant world. Read more... -
Is Cosmology in Crisis?
A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology. Read more... -
NASA Awards Fellowships to Two UT Austin Postdocs
Jed McKinney and Cheng-Han Hsieh will pursue independent research in the formation of galaxies and solar systems. Read more... -
Astronomers Use James Webb Space Telescope to Probe an Extreme Starburst Galaxy
Messier 82, 12 million light-years away, is relatively compact but hosts a frenzy of star formation activity. Read more...
