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Aug 2026 Press

UT Austin Astronomers to Play Leading Role in NASA's Newly Launched Roman Space Telescope

McDonald Observatory

→ Apr 2026 Press

Little Red Dots: New Clues from the Early Universe

McDonald Observatory

→ Jan 2026 In the News

UT Researchers Are Unraveling the Origins of the Universe

The Alcalde

→ Aug 2025 In the News

Scientists discovered a distant black hole 300 million times the size of the sun

NBC News

→ Aug 2025 In the News

The Universe's Earliest Black Hole Dyes Its Home Galaxy a Bright Shade of Red

Discover Magazine

→ Aug 2025 In the News

Astronomers Discover the Earliest Black Hole Ever Confirmed

Gizmodo

→ Aug 2025 In the News

Oldest black hole ever seen is 300 million times bigger than our sun

Popular Science

→ Jul 2025 Press

Meet the Universe's Earliest Confirmed Black Hole: A Monster at the Dawn of Time

UT Austin News

→ Jun 2025 Talk

Unveiling the First 500 Myr of the Universe with CEERS

· Fred Kavli Plenary, 246th AAS Meeting, Anchorage

→ 2025 Talk

Pushing into the Cosmic Dark Ages with JWST

· Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)

→ Apr 2025 Press

JWST Awards UT Astronomers 10% of Its Coveted Observing Time

McDonald Observatory

→ Apr 2025 Press

AAS Names Steven Finkelstein as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 246th Meeting

AAS

→ Jan 2025 Press

Newfound Galaxy Class May Indicate Early Black Hole Growth, Webb Finds

NASA

→ Nov 2024 Talk

Insights into the Early Universe from the First Year of JWST Observations

· Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

→ Oct 2024 Press

Frontier Fellows Tackle Humanity's Biggest Question: Where Do We Come From?

McDonald Observatory

→ Aug 2024 Press

Early Galaxies Weren't Too Big for Their Britches After All

McDonald Observatory

→ 2024 Talk

AAS Journal Author Series: 2024 ApJL Results

· American Astronomical Society

→ May 2024 Press

Galaxies Actively Forming in Early Universe Caught Feeding on Cold Gas

McDonald Observatory

→ Apr 2024 In the News

Let There Be Light

She Blinded Me With Science! · KVRX 91.7 FM

→ Sep 2023 In the News

UT researchers identify Maisie's galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

The Daily Texan

→ Aug 2023 Press

Astronomers Confirm Maisie's Galaxy is Among Earliest Ever Observed

UT Austin News

→ Aug 2023 In the News

JWST's hunt for distant galaxies keeps turning up surprises

Science News

→ Jul 2023 Press

Webb Telescope Detects Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole

UT Austin News

→ Jul 2023 Press

New 3D Visualization Highlights 5,000 Galaxies Revealed by Webb

NASA

→ Apr 2023 Press

James Webb Space Telescope Images Challenge Theories of How Universe Evolved

UT Austin News

→ Feb 2023 In the News

New Eye on the Universe

PBS NOVA (Season 50, Episode 4) ·

→ Jan 2023 Press

James Webb Telescope Reveals Milky Way-like Galaxies in Young Universe

UT Austin News

→ Jan 2023 In the News

The most ancient galaxies in the universe are coming into view

National Geographic

→ Dec 2022 In the News

How the James Webb telescope's glances back in time are reshaping cosmology

Science News

→ Nov 2022 Talk

Unfolding the Universe: Initial Science Results from JWST

· U.S. House Committee on Science, Space & Technology

→ Oct 2022 In the News

JWST Data, Distance Estimates & the Earliest Galaxies

The DemystifySci Podcast

→ Aug 2022 Press

Wide View of Early Universe Hints at Galaxy Among the Earliest Ever Detected

UT Austin News

→ Aug 2022 In the News

UT astronomers find new distant galaxy with James Webb Telescope

The Daily Texan

→ Aug 2022 Talk

Pushing Towards the Beginning of Reionization

· UC Santa Cruz Galaxy Workshop

→ Jul 2022 In the News

The First Galaxies at the Universe's Dawn

BBC World Service · Science In Action

→ Jul 2022 In the News

The James Webb images have been a game changer for astronomers

NPR · All Things Considered

→ Jul 2022 In the News

First images from NASA's Webb telescope show 'a metropolis of galaxies'

Texas Standard

→ Jun 2022 Press

NASA's Webb to Uncover Riches of the Early Universe

NASA

→ Sep 2021 Talk

Lifting the Fog on the Early Universe

· W. M. Keck Observatory

→ Apr 2021 Press

Texas Astronomers Lead Major Projects in James Webb Space Telescope's First Year

McDonald Observatory

→ 2020 Talk

The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey

· STScI JWebbinar (ERS Program 1345)

→ Apr 2020 Talk

Studying Galaxies with Hubble (AoT ATX #67, Hubble 30th Birthday)

· Astronomy on Tap ATX · multi-speaker event

→ Mar 2020 In the News

How the Cosmic Dark Ages Snuffed Out All Light

Quanta Magazine

→ Nov 2017 Press

Texas Astronomers Will Lead Early Studies with the James Webb Space Telescope

UT Austin News

→ Mar 2017 In the News

Using Nature's Telescopes to Locate the Earliest Galaxies

Scientific American · guest blog written by S. Finkelstein

→ Oct 2013 Press

Texas Astronomer Discovers Most Distant Known Galaxy

UT Austin News

→ Mar 2013 In the News

Steven Finkelstein — KRTS Astronomy Series

Marfa Public Radio · West Texas Talk

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