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Joey Castillo
University Wire
03-28-2006
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) FORT DAVIS , Tex. -- High atop Mount Locke, a remote mountain in West Texas, pinpricks of light pepper a night sky unspoiled by city lights. On the dark road to the summit, a yellow sign reads, "Please dim headlights." Navigating the winding road is a challenge, but at the summit the darkness is palpable, and in the middle of the night, the white domes of McDonald Observatory are illuminated only by dim starlight.

Inside one dome, an astronomer is searching for planets around white dwarf stars. Another is probing quasars, ...

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