Planet Probes, All the Rage Now, Have Deep Roots at UT Austin

May 9, 2018 • by Esther Robards-Forbes
artist rendering of a star with two planets

Photo courtesy of NASA.


Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory.

Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory. Photo courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin.

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