News: Astronomy
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Studying Radioactive Aluminum in Solar Systems Unlocks Formation Secrets
An international team of astronomers including Stella Offner of The University of Texas at Austin has proposed a new method for the formation of aluminum-26...

The Next 50 Years: Anybody Out There?
Astronomer Caroline Morley speculates on the possibility of finding life on other planets in the near future.

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Three UT Austin Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Astrophysicist Katherine Freese, astronomer John Kormendy and evolutionary biologist Mark Kirkpatrick of The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the National Academy...

Science Amid the Social Distance
A compilation from our previous episodes that we hope will help you find some solace right now: in rediscovering life, the people we're closest with...

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20/20 Foresight
So what will the next 50 years bring? Absent a crystal ball, your best bet would be to ask a scientist.

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Planet Finder Validates Its First Habitable-Zone Exoplanet, a Mini Neptune
Bill Cochran was a part of the research team that detected an exoplanet twice the size of Earth and possibly 12 times as massive, believed...

Distant Giant Planets Form Differently than ‘Failed Stars’
A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown...

Caroline Morley Receives Annie Jump Cannon Award
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) selected Morley for outstanding research and promise for future research.

Twin Astronomer Probes ‘DNA’ of Twin Stars to Reveal Family History of Milky Way
Twin stars appear to share chemical "DNA" that could help scientists map the history of the Milky Way galaxy, according to new research by astronomer...

UT Austin Astronomer Spies Most Distant Dusty Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight
Astronomer Caitlin Casey of The University of Texas at Austin has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to spot the light of a massive...
