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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.
Is Cosmology in Crisis?
A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology.
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.
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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.
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UT Astronomy Graduate Student Receives Fellowship to Study Exoplanets
The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded Quang Tran, Ph.D. candidate in UT astronomy, one of its eight prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowships.
UT Researcher Leading Project for New NASA Space Telescope
UT’s new Cosmic Frontier Center and McDonald Observatory will play key roles in aiding research into chemically young galaxies.
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April 8 Eclipse Update from McDonald Observatory
On Monday, April 8, parts of North America will experience a total solar eclipse and the UT observatory offers tips.
A Once-in-Many-Centuries Event
In honor of the impending total solar eclipse on April 8th, we present this special eclipse podcast.
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Giant Magellan Telescope Expands Global Science Impact with Taiwanese Partner
GMT's consortium expands to 14 institutions with addition of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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Discovery of Ultra-Massive Galaxies May Not Rewrite Cosmology, But Still Leaves Questions
Based on the most widely accepted cosmological model, they shouldn’t have been able to evolve until much later in the history of the Universe.
