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As an astronomer, the question I hear the most is why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? More than 10 years ago, astronomers famously voted to change Pluto’s…
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From Texas Standard:Between SpaceX moving its rocket manufacturing to Texas from California, and the so-called super blood wolf moon, you may have missed…
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Researchers have discovered a new planet in a distant solar system, bringing the total number in the system to eight – the same number as in our own solar…
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From Marfa Public Radio: This week Texas astronomers announced their discovery of a giant new exoplanet. It’s a young planet: only 11 million years old.…
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From Texas Standard:Less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus rex than separated them from the Stegosaurus. That something that might be hard to wrap your…
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From Marfa Public Radio: It’s a warm afternoon on top of Mount Locke in Far West Texas, but inside and under the dome of the oldest telescope here,…