News: Astronomy

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.

Astronomer Steve Finkelstein studies galaxy evolution

As part of a continuing tradition, we invited faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us images this past...

A Department of Astronomy outreach program achieved the culmination of 17 years of hard work recently when several Texas teachers flew as part of the...

Pi plays a central role in the research of scientists and mathematicians at UT Austin.

This past spring, we asked faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us images that celebrated the extraordinary beauty...

The awards program is one of the nation's largest monetary teaching recognition programs in higher education, honoring outstanding performance in the classroom and dedication to...