Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for a special reception for the museum’s newest exhibit, “Big Eye on Dark Skies: The Hobby-Eberly Telescope”, featuring a scale model of the largest optical telescope in North America. Guests previewed the exhibit, heard from College of Natural Sciences Dean David Vanden Bout and McDonald Observatory Director Taft Armandroff and even enjoyed telescope-inspired treats! Located in West Texas at McDonald Observatory, the astronomical laboratory for The University of Texas at Austin, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is a powerhouse for astronomical research. This 80-ton marvel boasts a 10-meter mirror composed of 91 hexagonal segments. Come visit this new exhibit, opening Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Texas Science & Natural History Museum, to learn how the HET helps scientists study distant galaxies, explore the role of dark energy over time, and understand the expansion of the universe. Many thanks to the @simonsfoundation for making this exhibit possib...