The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory is
kicking off a campaign to promote awareness of the causes,
effects and solutions to light pollution — stray light shone
into the sky where it's wasted, rather than down on the ground
where it's useful. Kepler mission astronomers, including co-
investigator Bill Cochran of The University of Texas at Austin,
announced today the spaceborne telescope has found five new gas
giant planets orbiting close to Sun-like stars. The Kepler
spacecraft with distant solar system. Image: NASA The University
of Texas at Austin has joined with eight other astronomical
research organizations from three continents in signing the
Founders' Agreement to construct and operate the 25-meter Giant
Magellan Telescope (GMT) at Las Campanas Observatory in the
Andes Mountains of Chile. "In order to maintain our leadership
role in astronomy in the future, Texas… » Continue Reading