While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area has fended ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

I came to McDonald Observatory as a kid when I was maybe seven or eight years old, and now I work here. Right. And that, that experience stayed with me my, my whole life.

The McDonald Observatory, which Hummel said has the darkest night skies of any major observatory in the United States, is now celebrating International Dark Sky Week, with several special events ...

The film features James Edward, who lives on a ranch near Alpine, Texas, sharing details about the area's warm days and cool nights. He highlights the natural beauty of the region, including the ...

McDonald Observatory relocates to Austin — at 7% the size by: Eric Henrikson Posted: Oct 2, 2024 / 05:00 AM CDT Updated: Oct 2, 2024 / 07:11 AM CDT ...

UNITED STATES – AUGUST 29: McDonald Observatory, operated by the University of Texas at Austin, and located in Fort Davis, Texas (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images) ...

The Texas Science and Natural History museum has opened a new exhibit, "Big Eye on Dark Skies," which features a scale model of the Hobby-Eberly telescope, one of the world's most powerful ...

Apr. 29—Join McDonald Observatory May 7-11 for Dark Sky Week, a celebration of the famous night skies of Far West Texas. Event programming includes special access tours of two of the observatory ...

The McDonald Observatory, an astronomical research facility part of the University of Texas will be livestreaming the total solar eclipse on April 8.

This summer, a team of students and I were enjoying breathtaking views of the night sky while we collected data using telescopes at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas. One night, when we were ...