WBIR: Water discovery on Mars has UT ties
WBIR Channel 10 interviewed Harry “Hap” McSween about NASA’s announcement of new evidence indicating flowing water on present-day Mars.
Space.Com Researches Apollo Moon Rocks with UT Help
UT lunar samples were among the rocks found to have significantly degraded since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
Postdoc Leads New Phase of NASA’s Pluto, Spitzer Telescope Observations
NASA scientists will get a deeper look at Pluto thanks to a new round of observations being led by a UT postdoctoral student.
Geology Undergrad Shares Photos from NASA Historic Pluto Flyby
Undergraduate student Chad Melton witnessed history this week as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted a flyby of Pluto, giving humankind its first-ever up-close look of the dwarf planet and its five moons.
UT Researchers in the News with Pluto Discoveries
Two UT researchers, one an undergraduate and the other a post-doc research associate, have a hand in this week’s historic Pluto flyby.
Postdoctoral Student Featured in International Business Times Story about Pluto, Charon
The International Business Times featured Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, a UT postdoctoral student, in this story about NASA’s flyby of Pluto on July 14. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will gather data to help scientists better understand the dwarf planet. Pinilla-Alonso will be the lead investigator of a new seven-day series of observations beginning July 23.
Student to Have Front-row Seat to NASA’s Historic Flyby of Pluto
In just a few days, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will conduct a flyby of Pluto, giving humankind its first-ever up-close look of the dwarf planet and its five moons.
Professor Emeritus Don Byerly Named Fellow of Geological Society of America
A UT professor who is an authority on the impacts of acid drainage and sulfide oxidation has been named a fellow of the Geological Society of America.
Red Orbit: The Dinosaurs of Jurassic World
Fans of the Jurassic Park movies are counting down the days until the June 12 release of the latest dinosaur flick, Jurassic World. UT Professor Stephanie Drumheller-Horton, a vertebrate paleontologist based in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is writing a seven-part series for online publication Red Orbit highlighting the dinosaurs featured in the new movie. Part
Faculty Member Continues Research Project with New Jersey Youth
Faculty member Andrew Steen will travel to Pennsylvania this month to continue a research project that allows inner-city New Jersey teens to experience hands-on science.
Faculty Member Continues Research Project with New Jersey Youth
UT faculty member Andrew Steen will travel to Pennsylvania this month to continue a research project that allows inner-city New Jersey teens to experience hands-on science. This is the third year of the project, which started when Steen learned from a friend—Patrick Murray, a teacher at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey—about
Hazen to Lead UT’s Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment
A leading center at UT will soon have a new director: accomplished faculty member Terry Hazen is taking the helm at the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment.