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astronomy

Meet the World's Biggest Telescope

Meet the World's Biggest Telescope

By Melissa Gaskill
From Marfa to Mauritania: The Rise of the McDonald Observatory

From Marfa to Mauritania: The Rise of the McDonald Observatory

By David A. Conrad
UT's McDonald Observatory Key in Discovery of 'Goldilocks' Planet

UT's McDonald Observatory Key in Discovery of 'Goldilocks' Planet

By Jordan Schraeder
UT Scientists Discover Largest Black Holes In Universe

UT Scientists Discover Largest Black Holes In Universe

By Jordan Schraeder
UT Partners On World's Largest Telescope

UT Partners On World's Largest Telescope

By Jordan Schraeder

UT-Trained Scientist Works As 'Celestial Sleuth'

By Eva Hershaw

Most recent

White text reading "Alcalde Docs" is superimposed on a sepia sketch of Dirty Martin's Place, the iconic hamburger joint in Austin.

100 Years of Dirty’s

By Alcalde Staff
A close up shot of the rocket fire on the Artemis II mission.

The Longhorns Who Got Us to the Dark Side of the Moon

By Eliza Pillsbury
A bride and groom cuts the cake.

The Forty Acres Scholars Program Celebrates Its First Wedding

By Eliza Pillsbury
In the Magazine
The Alcalde cover pictures a crescent sliver of Earth, while the Moon takes up 2/3 of the cover in the foreground. The text reads "The Longhorns Who Got Us to the Dark Side of the Moon."
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