ETAMU astrophysics undergrad earns first-author publication in renowned astrophysical journal

ETAMU astrophysics undergrad earns first-author publication in renowned astrophysical journal

The Pittsburg native transformed a childhood fascination with the night sky into graduate-level research published in one of astronomy’s leading journals. When Alan Briseño was 11 years old, growing up beneath the dark skies outside the small East Texas town of Pittsburg, he spent countless nights looking through a telescope his mother bought after months of persistent requests. Today, that childhood fascination with the cosmos has led to a mile…