Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

New exoplanet one of two with possible habitable conditions

New exoplanet one of two with possible habitable conditions

William Barnes March 28, 2023

Kepler-442b is one of two most Earth-like exoplanets discovered to date that “could be within the ‘Goldilocks zone’ that would permit life to exist,” according to AS USA.  Discovered in 2015...

UTSA faculty member part of James Webb Telescope Project

UTSA faculty member part of James Webb Telescope Project

Gauri Raje, News Editor February 22, 2022

Chris Packham, a faculty member at UTSA’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is one of the scientists around the world who will receive data collected by the James Webb Telescope. The telescope, whose...

A starry night on campus

A starry night on campus

Tali Duarte, Assistant Magazine Editor February 4, 2020

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and admired the bright stars? Well, you’re looking at the same stars that existed long ago. Those same stars are presumably dead, according to the different time...

Illustration by Maha Qadri

Breaking the glass ceiling… and the atmosphere

Maha Qadri November 20, 2019

UTSA’s Friday Lights Celestial Lights hosted their final presentation of the semester called, “Female Trailblazers in Astronomy: From Past to Present” by Dr. Dina Drozdov. Dr. Drozdov covered notable...

Professors lead stargazing experience

Professors lead stargazing experience

Amber Navarrete Gonzalez October 2, 2019

During the spring and fall semesters, the UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy will host free stargazing experiences. The event will take place on the first and third Friday of every month at the Curtis...

McDonald Observatory. Photo courtesy of Aldo Sepulveda

Near orbit

Ray Hagimoto December 6, 2017

Student researcher sets his sight on the stars. A single email has the power to drastically change the course of one’s career. Junior undergraduate physics major Aldo Sepulveda discovered just...

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