The McDonald Observatory director Taft Armandroff of The University of Texas at Austin will lead the next phase of ...

A new 1-meter telescope is coming to The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory in the next two years. The Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) global network is expanding, and will build a ...

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, Texas — West Texas is known for having some of the darkest skies in the country. It's something you have to see for yourself when you're at the McDonald Observatory. But on the ...

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MCDONALD OBSERVATORY, Texas — The Mcdonald Observatory is attracting visitors from all over the world who are making a stop before they head to their destinations to get in the path of totality to ...

WEST TEXAS — The same stars that fascinated Galileo... that guided Columbus... are there for all to see. However, if you look up from most any backyard in North Texas, you will fail to witness the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new exhibit at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is bringing the McDonald Observatory to the University of Texas campus. The “Big Eye on Dark Skies” exhibit opened this ...

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS McDONALD OBSERVATORY, AS HEARD ON KCBS RADIO WEEKDAYS @ 9:52 A.M., 7:35 P.M. & 2:52 A.M STARDATE 5/8/2014: When McDonald Observatory was dedicated in May of 1939, ...

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS McDONALD OBSERVATORY, AS HEARD ON KCBS RADIO WEEKDAYS @ 9:52 A.M., 7:35 P.M. & 2:52 A.M STARDATE 4/9/2014:The big questions about the universe have changed since McDonald ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. As the glow from Permian Basin work sites hinders research and amateur ...

A week after the Texas wildfires cut power to the McDonald Observatory, the worst appears to be over, according to Anita Cochran, the associate director of the observatory. Observations have resumed ...

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope, background left, looks over a fully-steerable 12-meter wide radio telescope that is used to study Geodesy at the University of Texas McDonald Observatory Tuesday, June 15, ...