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

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...

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...

UTSA science professors react to NASA announcement

Jeremiah Hobbs March 2, 2017

NASA announced on Feb. 22 the discovery of Seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star called Trappist-1, with three existing in the habitable zone—meaning liquid water can cool on the planet’s surface. UTSA...

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