
astronomy
Texas A&M Advancing Space Research With Giant Magellan Telescope Team
Oct 28, 2024 • 6 min. readGiant Magellan worked with Texas A&M researchers to clean, assemble, and test parts being used to build Earth's most powerful telescope.
Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy invites the community to expand its cosmic horizons this Saturday night at Simpson Drill Field.
Texas A&M Astrophysicist Named To European Space Agency-NASA Science Team
Jul 1, 2024 • 3 min. readDr. Krista Smith will join fellow scientists in support of the LISA mission, an extraordinary effort to study gravitational waves in space.
Viewing events across Bryan-College Station include a musical performance at Century Square preceded by an educational talk.
Texas A&M Astronomer Part Of Team That Discovered A New Source Of Star Dust
Feb 13, 2024 • 5 min. readThe nature of cosmic dust has long been a mystery, but astronomers have identified the source of a lot of dust previously unaccounted for.
Texas A&M University Libraries to Host Solar Eclipse Watch Party
Oct 6, 2023 • 2 min. readStudents can get a pair of free viewing glasses while supplies last during distribution events planned for Oct. 7-Oct. 14.
Texas A&M joins scientific institutions across six countries in celebrating the project's most recent milestone underway in Arizona.
Safety And Preparedness Tips For The Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Sep 26, 2023 • 4 min. readThe moon will pass in front of and partially obscure the sun during the Oct. 14 "ring of fire" eclipse.
Webb Telescope Detects Universe’s Most Distant Organic Molecules
Jun 5, 2023 • 5 min. readTexas A&M astronomer Justin Spilker and collaborators have found complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth.
Astronomers Celebrate Historic First Images From James Webb Telescope
Jul 12, 2022 • 6 min. readTexas A&M expert Casey Papovich reacts to the "awe-inspiring" scenes of the universe captured by the NASA telescope.