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Astronomers Disprove Planet Orbiting Nearby Barnard’s Star
An international team that included Michael Endl and Bill Cochran discovered what was thought to an exoplanet was not one.
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Exoplanet is Gobbling Up Gas and Dust as it Continues to Build Mass
The Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers including Brendan Bowler from The University of Texas at Austin to get a rare look at a young...
Texas Astronomers Lead Major Projects in James Webb Space Telescope’s First Year
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin are set to lead some of the largest programs in the first year of NASA's James Webb...
Two Postdocs Receive Fellowships to Study Extrasolar Planets
Brianna Lacy and Yifan Zhou have received a fellowship that will give them the support to conduct research on exoplanets.
Four Natural Sciences Faculty Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
Carlos Baiz, Caroline Morley, Andrew Potter and Urbain Weyemi are among the 128 scholars from across the country selected by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to receive the 2021 Sloan...
The College Welcomed New Faculty in 2020
See the new faces at the College of Natural Sciences.
Texas Astronomers Revive Idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the Moon
A group of astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin has found that a telescope idea shelved by NASA a decade ago can solve...
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Planet Hugging a White Dwarf May Be a Survivor of Star’s Death Throes
A team using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered what may be the first intact planet found closely...
A Young Sub-Neptune-sized Planet Sheds Light onto How Planets Form and Evolve
A team of astronomers including McDonald Observatory's Bill Cochran have made a detailed study of a young planet slightly smaller than Neptune with the Habitable-zone...
