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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.

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LightSound Workshops Make April’s Eclipse More Accessible to Visually Impaired
As the moon eclipses the sun during a solar eclipse the sunlight begins to dim and the LightSound device outputs a change in musical tone.

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UT Austin’s Top Research Stories of 2023
From a brain decoder to a supermassive black hole to a cancer drug advance, College of Natural Sciences researchers made breakthroughs this year.

Ghostlike Dusty Galaxy Reappears in James Webb Space Telescope Image
Astronomers with the COSMOS-Web collaboration have identified the object AzTECC71 as a dusty star-forming galaxy.

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Discovery of Planet Too Big for Its Sun Throws Off Models of Solar System Formation
Brendan Bowler, Bill Cochran and others discovered a planet that's much more massive compared to its host star than Earth is to our sun.

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The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Final Mirror Fabrication Begins
Together, the mirrors will collect more light than any other telescope in existence, allowing humanity to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

Department of Energy Advances Research and Education at Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties
Grant will help center led by Don Winget continue its research and train the next generation of scientists.
