South Texas Space Science Institute

Fueling curiosity, innovation & community through space science education and research in South Texas.

Events: 2025:

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@luisbres95 and @Pommers

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Among the many talented students that received their diploma at today's @UTRGV commencement ceremony, were a cohort of very special individuals. This group is the first to graduate with PhDs in Physics from UTRGV, many of whom worked closely with mentors from @STXSpaceScience!

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Congratulations Huda Al-Zuhairi, Luis Bres Castro, Francisco Llamas, Sara Sharifi, Andrea Pelayo Carvajal and Richard Pomeroy! 🎉 👏🏼

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@TDgravel @sedimentdynamic @timgoudge @NSF @utrgv Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 from your biggest fans and fellow @STXSpaceScience members!!

[Tian Y. Dong, PhD @TDgravel]

I am excited to share that my research article is now published in Science and featured on the cover! I am very grateful to all of the coauthors (Lawrence, @sedimentdynamic, Alex, @timgoudge ) for this major team effort.
Thank you @NSF and @utrgv for the support

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@Eloi_CC @utrgv @Eloi_CC is one of the best PIs in the biz, and @STXSpaceScience is proud to boast of him and his students as part of our team! 👏🏼🎇���

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Hollmann works at the intersection of electromagnetics, sensors, and AI, developing new ways to “see” things that are normally hidden—whether that is measuring blood flow in the brain, tracking changes in glaciers, or sending info thru challenging environments on Earth/in space.

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Next Tuesday, Dec. 2, @STXSpaceScience will host a special guest for the last IFSS event of the Fall 2025 semester.

Don't miss out as @DraperLab 's Dr. Hollmann "shines a light" on his research, utilizing photons to measure everything from the microscopic to the planetary scale!

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📅 Infinite Frontier Speaker Series ft. Dr. Joseph Hollmann
⏰ 6:30 pm Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
📍 Salon Cassia, BMAIN 2.402, UTRGV Brownsville

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This milestone event will feature leading scientists, engaging presentations, and exciting discussions about the past and future of gravitational wave astronomy.

👉 Learn more about the event, the speakers and panelists here: https://t.co/L8UUDGDsy7

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🚀✨ The cosmos is calling!✨🚀

@utrgv 's @STXSpaceScience invites you to join GW10 – a celebration of 10th anniversary of the discovery of gravitational waves.

📅 Date: October 10, 2025
📍 Location: UTRGV, BMAIN 1.224

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Bring your fellow space enthusiast buds and your inquiring pals for this FREE event that is open the public, and join the search.

🎫: Infinite Frontier Speaker Series ft. Dr. Ryan Oelkers
⏰5:30 pm Tues., Sept. 23, 2025 (Doors open at 5 pm)
📍BMAIN 2.402, Salon Cassia, UTRGV BTX

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⬇ Where is Everyone? ⬇ 🤔

Well if their curious then tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 23, they will be listening to Dr. Ryan Oelkers as he brings the search for life forms beyond our Solar System to the @utrgv .

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@stxspacscience is back in swing for Fall 2025 with our first Infinite Frontier Speaker Series event of the semester!

On Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 5:30 pm, @utrgv Assistant Professor Dr. Ryan Oelkers will why irrefutable evidence of life outside of the Solar System remains elusive.

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Shout out to @STXSpaceScience members Dr. Volker Quetschke and Dr. Teviet Creighton representing @utrgv at the International Space Development Conference.

https://t.co/oX5cRmjIx1

[Karan Jani @AstroKPJ]

Great day at the International Space Development Conference — our @VanderbiltU Lunar Labs team had the chance to talk with @rookisaacman about @LIGO and gravitational-wave science.

Thank you @nss for inviting us and hosting a session on LILA — the first gravitational-wave experiment on the Moon to probe the fundamental nature of gravity! 🖖🏼

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@Eloi_CC @tomo_matsuuraG @ELSI_origins @jsps_sns @utrgv Congratulations Myrine Barreiro-Arevalo! 👏👏 👏

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Taking place THIS Friday in Downtown Brownsville from 6-10 pm. Immerse yourself in a night full of creativity, music, food and space fun at SPACE FEST! 🚀Get in on all of the excitement, we'll see you there! 🧑‍🚀🪐

Image by @VisitBTX 📸

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Finals week is here, Vaqueros. @STXSpaceScience member and @utrgv Assistant Professor @TDgravel has a few words advise for you!

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@AstroKPJ ill explore the mysteries the universe holds with Vanderbilt Lunar Labs flagship project, The Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA). Learn how LILA can test and explain Einstein's theory of relativity via observation of gravitational waves from the Moon's surface.

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Join us TONIGHT @ 6:30 pm for final Infinite Frontier Speaker Series of the Spring 2025 semester, featuring Dr. Karan Jani (@AstroKPJ) of @VanderbiltU and Vanderbilt Lunar Labs Initiative. 🌕

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🕡6:30 pm Thursday, April 10, 2025 (TONIGHT)
📍Salon Cassia, UTRGV Brownsville campus (1 W University Blvd, Brownsville TX)
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FREE event open to the community. Bring your friends & family!