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Tonight on West Texas Talk, University of Texas professor and McDonald Observatory astrophysicist Karl Gebhardt talks black holes, dark energy and the…
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Today’s West Texas Talk guest is Bill Wren of the McDonald Observatory, who has spent years helping communities and developments design outdoor lighting…
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This week Texas astronomers announced their discovery of a giant new exoplanet, which orbits close to its star. It’s a young planet: only 11 million years…
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Texas astronomers announced another discovery this week. A team at the University of Texas at Austin witnessed the impact of an exploding star on a…
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The McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis announced Wednesday the discovery of a new planet. It’s located in the Hyadesstar cluster. The planet is K2-25B.…
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New research led by Texas Astronomer Dr. Natalie Gosnell, is shedding light on a longstanding mystery about certain stars called "blue stragglers" - stars…
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Big news this morning from NASA’s planet hunting mission. Dr. Mike Endl, a research scientist with The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald…
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FORT DAVIS — As a cool breeze blew across the 6,800-foot mountain that Coyne Gibson stood on, he gazed at a night sky dotted with constellations, planets…
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This month on the Astronomy Series, we visit the McDonald Observatory's Star Party. Take a walk around the grounds with us as we learn about stars and…
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Almost seven years ago, teams of engineers and scientists began designing mirrors for a telescope to study the universe’s dark energy. That's the…