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24 February 2009
Texas Legislature Honors University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University for Joint Efforts in Astronomy

10 Jan 2008
New Instrument, Telescope Upgrades Enable Pioneering Dark Energy Experiment

27 Apr 2006
McDonald Observatory Receives $5M Challenge Grant to Study Elusive Dark Energy

“ Dark energy is not only terribly important for astronomy, it's the central problem for physics. It's been the bone in our throat for a long time.”

Steven Weinberg
Nobel Laureate
University of Texas at Austin

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Gary Hill, HETDEX Project Scientist, explains how astronomers will look for dark energy when they're not sure what it looks like. Play video

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