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$205 million investment accelerates Giant Magellan Telescope project

New funding follows NSF survey co-chaired by Texas A&M astronomer
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Astronomers celebrate first images from James Webb Space Telescope

NASA issues collection of full-color images and spectroscopic data from $10 billion telescope
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Texas A&M-led study reveals diminished role for neutrons in creation of carbon in stars

A&M team published results in journal Nature Communications
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Largest-ever cosmic map: Project uses A&M-built device to collect data

3D map of 2.5 million galaxies will help astronomers better understand the expansion of our universe
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Gravitational wave sources: NSF supports cross-Texas collaboration

TOROS searches for electromagnetic counterparts using telescopes around the world
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Astronomers capture orbital motion around black hole with new clarity

Global team focuses radio telescope on supermassive black hole about 100 million light-years from Earth
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Team offers best-ever measurement of universe’s rate of expansion

New findings support case ‘for yet another unseen component of our universe,’ A&M astronomer says
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Volume of methane gas around Martian crater changes with seasons

International team, including A&M faculty-researcher, publishes results from data analysis in Science magazine
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Dark Energy Survey lets scientists glimpse current structure of universe

Results support theory that 26 percent of the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and is filled with invisible dark energy