This panel discussion among five scientists from UT Austin took place March 13 at the 2016 South by Southwest festival. Moderated by Dan Jaffe, astronomy professor and the university's VP for Research, the panel featured McDonald Observatory director Taft Armandroff, assistant director and comet expert Anita Cochran, planetary scientist Cyril Grima of the Jackson School of Geosciences, and professor David Hoffman of the Department of Molecular Biosciences. (Credit: Matthew Colecchi/UT Austin)
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