Current Events

After a 5-year journey, the Juno spacecraft arrived in the Jupiter system, where it is studying the Solar System's most massive planet and its satellites, including the four "Galilean" satellites. At least two of the latter, Europa and Ganymede, have underground (water) oceans.

Many spectacular images and videos can be accessed through NASA's website at http://www.nasa.gov/juno.

Discovery of a rocky planet around our nearest neighbor star, Proxima Centauri, by a team including UT astronomer Mike Endl.

Read the Press Release on the UT Astronomy web pages, here.

Watch a 40-minute video about this discovery, including an interview with Mike Endl, from 5:45 - 16:20. (It was streamed live on Aug. 26, but you can still watch it now.)