We designated the week of October 4-10, 2021 as Space Week and October 9, 2021 as Astronomy Day in the city of Brownsville! There are a lot of exciting things happening down here in our corner of the cosmos, and we are beyond excited to continue sharing it with our community.

Our Astronomía en Vívo online event will be tomorrow, Friday September 24 starting at 7:00pm!!! Zoom Webinar: us02web.zoom.us/j/86335877693?… YouTube Live: youtu.be/bh9cnoMA5aQ Facebook Live: facebook.com/STARSocietyRGV

A cozy find earlier this week on my way to the observatory. @ Resaca de la Palma State Park instagram.com/p/CVIaPySL0Tr5…

Date night with this hottie 😍😍😍 @ Los Fresnos, Texas instagram.com/p/CV6ZhM-rvoHR…

BREAKING NEWS: Stargazing, beautiful South Texas trails, & ourple guy’s haircut ✂️ via KRGV CHANNEL 5 NEWS

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New #LIGOMagazine out now! #GravitationalWave catalogs are a huge community effort as members of the #GWTC3 teams tell us more from behind the scenes in the latest issue ligo.org/magazine

Join us for an all-age community stargazing event hosted at the UTRGV Cristina Torres Memorial Observatory at Resaca de la Palma State Park in Brownsville, Texas! fb.me/e/2O1YFjwJW

👀 Sneak a peek at the deepest & sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to #UnfoldTheUniverse: nasa.gov/webbfirstimage…

Happy Space Week in Brownsville! 🌎🚀✨ #WorldSpaceWeek

The "Ellas y las Estrellas" virtual conference is live now! ¡La conferencia virtual "Ellas y las Estrellas" ya está en vivo! Watch live here / ver en vivo aquí: youtu.be/tNZG3pjysMM For more info / para mas información: ellasylasestrellas.org

Day 2 of Ellas y las Estrellas is now live! Join us to discuss exciting topics in astronomy while promoting the research carried out by women in Latin America! ✨ (Talks in Spanish with options to turn on subtitles in English!) youtu.be/mj96n0jBNFg

Astronomy at the Park is in two days! If you’re planning on attending, we highly recommend you purchase your day-pass in advance! Use this link & if you have any questions please contact Resaca de la Palma at 956-350-2920: texasstateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/resaca…

Do YOU Want To Join A LIGO #GravitationalWave Detector Operator Team? 🫵 LIGO Hanford has an OPERATIONS SPECIALIST opening (just in time for upcoming #O4!). 📣 More Info HERE: phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/care… SHARE w/ your network! 📣 #GravitationalWaves #Caltech #Careers #Employment #LIGOLab

In case you missed it: This past Wednesday, February 15, 2023, around 5pm CT, a meteoroid entered the atmosphere and burned up in the McAllen/Mission skies! We had the opportunity to talk to Telemundo 40 about this astronomical occurrence! Full story: telemundo40.com/noticias/local…

FarFarOut! Volume 2, Issue 1: "Messages from the Void" is now available online! starsocietyrgv.org/farfarout mailchi.mp/starsocietyrgv…

We are LIVE! Click here to tune into The Sounds of the Cosmos: Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy, featuring co-authors Dr. Mario Díaz and Dr. Jorge Pullin at Búho #LIGO #gravitationalwaves #science #STEM youtube.com/live/W3dySjBXM…

Great thread with literature references for those interested

STARS on Tap is BACK! 💫 Join us on Tuesday, April 2 from 6-9pm at Shenanigan's Irish Pub & Grill for cosmic conversations & stellar beverages ✨🔭 * Presentations by UTRGV Astrophysicists ☄️ * Space Exploration Trivia * Giveaways from our partners at Starbase Brewing 🍻