The inaugural class of Cosmic Frontier Center postdoctoral fellows will study black holes in early galaxies and the formation of the first stars. Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Planet Parade 2025 is an incredible celestial event that promises to bring six planets into alignment. This rare event can be ...

The first blob over the observatory was detected in February, but in the following months, sightings have grown, Stephen Hummel, an astronomer at McDonald Observatory, told Spaceweather.com.

After passing Mount Locke, take SR-78 to the McDonald Observatory. The McDonald Observatory is run by the University of Texas ...

The Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors presents the 2024 Great Lecture. Limited in-person seating is available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis ...

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McDonald Observatory, one of the world's leading astronomical research centers in the Davis Mountains of West Texas; Marine Science Institute, the oldest marine research station on the Texas Gulf ...