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 ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The growing oil and gas industry has been great for West Texas, but the growth has brought with it increased light pollution, especially at the McDonald Observatory, located within the ...

The University of Texas McDonald Observatory high on Mt. Locke in the Davis Mountains is an internationally recognized center for astronomical research. It also invites the public to experience the ...

On Feb. 16, 1948, Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper was using the telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas to photograph the four moons of Uranus: Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, and Ariel. An ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off the light... As light pollution increases, West Texas works to ...