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

DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, Texas — It's a packed night at McDonald Observatory, where dozens of people are crowding around high-powered telescopes as a thunderstorm rolls off to the east. Locals and ...

If alien life exists on the newly discovered JG 251 c, we could know about it in the next 10 years.

UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan Telescope is moving into its final design phase to get federal funding ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The growing oil and gas industry has been great for West Texas, but the growth has brought with it increased light pollution, especially at the McDonald Observatory, located within the ...

The planet, known as GJ 251c, orbits a red dwarf star 18.2 light-years away in the constellation of Gemini, the Twins. The ...

While researchers say they've found a potentially habitable planet, it'll take a new generation of telescopes to figure out ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

New leadership appointed to guide the next phase of construction as Dr. Walter Massey concludes nearly a decade of service as ...