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  1. @UTAustin & @wesleyan_u astronomers discover that a planet orbiting a nearby star is evaporating! ow.ly/bhwPN about 12 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. McDonald-philes: We've got new photos on our Flickr stream to check out! ow.ly/bc8Vv #astronomy 8:38 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  3. RT @mrobservatory: Submit your #eclipse photos/videos, you could win an MRO poster! Deadline 5/28. Use hashtag #MROeclipse 1:32 PM May 24th via HootSuite
  4. What the low-down on this Sunday's annular eclipse, visible across parts of the western U.S.? Check out ow.ly/aXvbA 1:02 PM May 16th via HootSuite
  5. @su_tang_clan Yay! Can't wait to see you here! 1:00 PM May 16th via HootSuite in reply to su_tang_clan
  6. Astronomy Day is Apr 28! We'll host videoconfs w/schools 4/30-5/3. Kids will observe Venus w/us! Our ed programs are at ow.ly/axENf 12:34 PM Apr 26th via HootSuite
  7. Nice article in the Houston Chronicle by @chronsciguy on the naming of our Mitchell Spectrograph ow.ly/asU63 12:45 PM Apr 23rd via HootSuite
  8. We're naming the VIRUS-P spectrograph for wonderful donors George & Cynthia Mitchell. Thanks for all you do for science!... 12:41 PM Apr 23rd via HootSuite
  9. 2nd of 7 8.4-meter mirrors for Giant Magellan Telescope out of the 'oven' after cooking & spinning 3 mos. Looks good! ow.ly/i/zSrv 12:25 PM Apr 20th via HootSuite
  10. It's Internat'l Dark Sky Week! We love our dark West Tx skies. Take a look at what you can do to preserve dark skies. ow.ly/ajm2F 8:51 AM Apr 16th via HootSuite
  11. Primo skywatching events coming! Get details on an eclipse & Venus transit in the May/June issue of @stardate magazine. ow.ly/aePIw 9:25 AM Apr 12th via HootSuite
  12. Congrats @utaustin astronomer Eiichiro Komatsu! Reuters says his WMAP paper was the most-cited research paper of 2011! ow.ly/adyP7 12:18 PM Apr 11th via HootSuite
  13. @johncornyn Thanks for visiting us! 7:03 AM Apr 9th via HootSuite in reply to JohnCornyn
  14. @sheilas Glad u & ur parents enjoyed visiting us! Thanks for sharing your pic. 7:01 AM Apr 9th via HootSuite in reply to SheilaS
  15. Here's that @naturenews link ow.ly/a596a 11:25 AM Apr 4th via HootSuite
  16. 1-meter Las Cumbres telescope (part of the @lcogt network) saw 1st light Sat. at McDonald; read about it in @naturenews:... 11:24 AM Apr 4th via HootSuite
  17. Wendy Freedman of @carnegiescience talks on "Our Expanding Universe" Wed Apr 4 at 4:30pm @utaustin; details ow.ly/9ZaOH 11:02 AM Mar 30th via HootSuite
  18. I favorited a @YouTube video youtu.be/cICdLM6uE6A?a Mountaintop Detonation, Giant Magellan Telescope (Video co 11:16 AM Mar 27th via Google
  19. I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/cICdLM6uE6A?a Mountaintop Detonation, Giant Magellan Telescope 11:14 AM Mar 27th via Google
  20. I favorited a @YouTube video youtu.be/7vPGheTeCTU?a Giant Magellan Telescope - First Mountain Blasting at Las C 8:15 AM Mar 23rd via Google
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  • Bio A research unit of The University of Texas at Austin located in the Davis Mountains of West Texas.
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