News: Astronomy

Students discovered a surprise in the heart of a nearby dwarf galaxy.

A new study involving astronomer Stella Offner manages to pierce the universe’s dark, hazy cosmos for a glimpse at infant stars in relationship.

UT Austin has long been a leader in space research, including since the launch of the Webb Space Telescope.

The explosive compound forms naturally in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, but on Earth it is also a byproduct of anaerobic life.

Village Fresh Greenhouse Grown, the Brewster County Courthouse and Terlingua Ranch Lodge are the latest to adopt lighting that benefits astronomers and skywatchers.

The private research university becomes the 16th member of the international consortium advancing the GMT.

The James Webb Space Telescope offers a new view of a planetary nebula located about 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.

The galaxy contains far more star-forming clumps than current theoretical models can explain.

Lauren Biddle, a UT postdoc, finds about one-third of young Sun-like stars are born with misaligned protoplanetary disks.

A team of astronomers from UT’s Cosmic Frontier Center have identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed.