Happy Earth Day from STARS! Even though Copernicus proved that the Earth isn’t the center of the universe almost 500 years ago, we must take care of her and treat her kindly anyway, and remember that even though stars can evolve and turn into new things, we only have one Earth 💙🌎 (fb)

Join us this Thursday, April 10 at 6:30pm for the next talk in the Infinite Frontier Speaker Series, presented by the UTRGV South Texas Space Science Institute, featuring renowned astrophysicist Dr. Karan Jani! - WHERE: Salon Cassia, UTRGV Brownsville Campus (1 W University Blvd, Brownsville, TX) - FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Dr. Jani is a professor of Physics & Astronomy and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. For over a decade, Karan’s research has been at the forefront of gravitational waves — a new frontier in humanity’s understanding of the universe and the fundamental laws that govern it. Karan shared the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with the LIGO discovery team and was named US's Top 30 Scientists Under 30 by Forbes. Research pioneered by Dr. Jani has been featured on the cover page of Nature Astronomy, showcased at the National Science Foundation, and profiled by international media outlets. [https://www.karanjani.com/bio] At this week's talk, Dr. Jani will explore "How the Moon Will Reveal the Dark Universe" via Vanderbilt Lunar Labs' flagship project, the Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA). (fb)