News: Astronomy
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Visualizing Science 2017: Finding the Hidden Beauty in College Research
Five years ago the College of Natural Sciences began an annual tradition called Visualizing Science with the intent of finding the inherent beauty hidden within...
![This image shows the turbulent gas structures in a three-dimensional, multi-physics supercomputer simulation during the formation of such massive clusters, with the red-to-violet rainbow spectrum representing gas at high-to-low densities.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2017-01-1st_tsang.jpg)
Eyewitness to a Cosmic Car Wreck
What is the sound of two neutron stars colliding over 1 billion light years away?
![Illustration of large explosion in space](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/neutron-star-collision2400x1350.png)
How UT Scientists Contributed to Nobel-Winning Gravitational Wave Discovery
No scientific discovery happens in isolation. See how UT Austin scientists and alumni are changing the world.
![Diagram showing how different scientists relate to each other](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/ligo_nobel_horiz2400x1350.jpg)
Meet Six Incredible Women from UT Austin Science History
From the first woman mathematician inducted into the National Academy of Science to an astronomer who helped us understand how galaxies evolve, the women of...
![Illustration of the six women in the article by Jenna Luecke.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/texaswomeninscience-cover.jpg)
Visualizing Science 2016: Beautiful Images From Researchers in CNS
As part of an ongoing tradition, this past spring we invited faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us...
![A simulation of subsurface waves crashing.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2016-01-1st_allshouse_0.jpg)
The Last First Planetary Mission
University of Texas at Austin alumnus Alan Stern describes the challenges, and the joys, of the last first mission to a planet.
![Artist's illustration of a spacecraft flying past a planet](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/newhorizons_at_pluto-artist_2400x1350.jpg)
The Unexpected Journey of a Veteran Student and Astronomer
The educational journey of one exceptional student has taken her from translating Arabic in the Air Force to learning the secrets of the stars.
![Rebecca Larson](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/rebeccalarson_web.jpg)