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South America and much of the continental United States had the best view of Sunday night's lunar eclipse, which lasted nearly five hours.
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Over the past year or so, local governments across the Big Bend have adopted stricter outdoor lighting rules, part of a broader effort to protect the region’s famously starry night skies.
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As they count down the hours to the highly anticipated launch of NASA's powerful, $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hope for the best while fearing the worst.
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The "Super Flower Blood Moon" is happening early Wednesday morning, as a supermoon coincides with a full lunar eclipse. Here's how to see it.
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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,…