Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new exhibit at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is bringing the McDonald Observatory to 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 ...

Texas Standard radio, the national daily news show of Texas, will celebrate 10 years on air and online by hitting the road. The program is broadcasting live from McDonald Observatory and other iconic ...

AUSTIN - They built the McDonald Observatory in darkest West Texas for a reason. But white hot population growth and petroleum production are threatening its unobstructed view of the heavens and the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas at Austin astronomers Michael H. Montgomery and Kurtis A. Williams, along with graduate student Steven DeGennaro, have predicted and confirmed the existence of a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new exhibit at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is bringing the McDonald Observatory to the University of Texas campus. The “Big Eye on Dark Skies” exhibit opened this ...

The Texas Science and Natural History museum has opened a new exhibit, "Big Eye on Dark Skies," which features a scale model of the Hobby-Eberly telescope, one of the world's most powerful telescopes.