News: Astronomy

No scientific discovery happens in isolation. See how UT Austin scientists and alumni are changing the world.

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...

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...

University of Texas at Austin alumnus Alan Stern describes the challenges, and the joys, of the last first mission to a planet.

The educational journey of one exceptional student has taken her from translating Arabic in the Air Force to learning the secrets of the stars.

The honor rewards excellence in teaching by recognizing tenured faculty members who have continuously provided significant contributions to education throughout their career, especially at the...

Scientists from UT Austin once traveled to the Sahara Desert to observe a rare eclipse and used computers to model ripples in space and time...

Karl Gebhardt explains the two leading ideas for what dark energy might be.

Answering some of the biggest questions in astrophysics—for example, about black holes and the origin of the universe—might require overhauling general relativity.