As the newest research area in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, the Astronomy Group is focused on Observational Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, specifically high redshift galaxies, resolved stellar populations, supernovae, and Antarctic telescopes.

TAMU also is a founding member of the Giant Magellan Telescope consortium and is designing and building instruments for current telescopes and the GMT.

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