November 15, 2016
A group of UT students is reaching for Mars by designing their own manned Mars mission and raising questions in the spaceflight community about how best to send humans to the red planet in the near future.
aerospace exploration
NASA official shares plans for human exploration of Mars
November 4, 2016
NASA deputy administrator Dava Newman outlined the agency’s plan to put humans on Mars in a seminar hosted by the Department of Aerospace Engineering on Wednesday.
Longhorn Lab Report: Astronomers discover Proxima B, the closest potentially habitable planet near Earth
September 19, 2016
Earlier this year, UT astronomer Michael Endl helped discover Proxima B, which could be the nearest habitable planet to Earth.
UT Astronomers Give Opinions on Juno Probe
September 1, 2016
As Juno flies closely around Jupiter and takes its first snapshots of the gas giant, UT astronomers hope that the NASA probe will give new insights about both our solar system and planets around other stars.
Astronomy Organization Hosts Regular Sun Viewings
August 22, 2016
A group of UT astronomy fans will set up a telescope on Sept. 10 and invite people to do what generations of parents have warned their children not to — look directly at the sun.
Astronomy Department Hosts Viewing of Mercury Transit
May 6, 2016
On Monday morning, Mercury will slowly march across the face of the sun. The Department of Astronomy and the Astronomy Students Association will help interested viewers see this relatively rare event on the roof of RLM from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Livetweet: NASA JPL’s von Karman Lecture: Destination Europa
February 11, 2016
Live now! Destination Europa public talk. Watch + chat: https://t.co/BTwdSrkMfE pic.twitter.com/6105nShD5S
— NASA Europa Mission (@NASAEuropa) February 12, 2016
Visible Planets Align This Month
February 8, 2016
A once-in-a-decade celestial show is marching across the sky every morning for a few weeks this winter. For those who don’t want to wake up before dawn, the spectacle will show up again later in the year.
Julianne Hodges 