News: McDonald Observatory

On Monday, April 8, parts of North America will experience a total solar eclipse and the UT observatory offers tips.

In honor of the impending total solar eclipse on April 8th, we present this special eclipse podcast.

GMT's consortium expands to 14 institutions with addition of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Based on the most widely accepted cosmological model, they shouldn’t have been able to evolve until much later in the history of the Universe.

As the moon eclipses the sun during a solar eclipse the sunlight begins to dim and the LightSound device outputs a change in musical tone.

Astronomers with the COSMOS-Web collaboration have identified the object AzTECC71 as a dusty star-forming galaxy.

Brendan Bowler, Bill Cochran and others discovered a planet that's much more massive compared to its host star than Earth is to our sun.

Together, the mirrors will collect more light than any other telescope in existence, allowing humanity to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

Grant will help center led by Don Winget continue its research and train the next generation of scientists.

The observatory joins a network of six University of Texas sites dedicated to scientific research, environmental monitoring and conservation efforts.