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

Contrary to claims that 3I/ATLAS is no longer from Earth, space experts claim that the Manhattan-sized comet can now be ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the researchers, because it is rocky and located in the star's habitable zone, it may be habitable.

For the first time ever astronomers have witnessed a budding star system emerge for the cosmic fog. Credit: Directed by: L.

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

Scientists have uncovered one of the few potentially habitable worlds close enough and positioned just right for the next ...

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 ...

Dr. Massey’s tenure guided the Giant Magellan Telescope through key design and construction milestones, helped secure nearly ...