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Latest Physics and Astronomy News

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UTSA University Excellence Awards
May 8, 2025

Two COS faculty members honored for research achievements

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March 27, 2025

AAAS recognizes UTSA’s Schlegel, Whittington for groundbreaking research

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James Chambers
December 17, 2024

James Chambers named UTSA's 2024 Innovator of the Year; six additional COS faculty honored in UTSA’s 2024 Innovation Awards

UTSA Today

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December 10, 2024

UTSA announces new research center to advance space technology and operations

UTSA Today

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October 31, 2024

UTSA will offer free stargazing via its observatory telescopes on first Fridays

San Antonio Current

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October 9, 2024

How UTSA uniquely prepares professionals for space-related careers

UTSA Today

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October 2, 2024

UTSA to lead multimillion-dollar project to advance interplanetary space exploration

UTSA Today

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August 15, 2024

Texas Area Planetary Science meeting gives host UTSA an edge in forging strategic partnerships

UTSA Today

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July 26, 2024

CONNECT hosts simulated arms control and non-proliferation exercise

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July 3, 2024

Five COS students and alumni have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

UTSA Today

Lulu Zhang
June 26, 2024

Postdoc Lulu Zhang to conduct research on black holes with James Webb Space Telescope

UTSA Today

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May 23, 2024

Three COS students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

UTSA Today

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May 3, 2024

Membership in elite research organization highlights UTSA's capabilities in space sciences

UTSA Today

Cody Cly
April 4, 2024

Planet UTSA: Native American spirituality and the cosmos

UTSA Today

Chris Packham
April 3, 2024

Chris Packham interview: Eclipse frenzy reaches fever pitch in North America

CNN Newsroom

Mason Leist and Chris Packham
April 1, 2024

UTSA researchers develop way to enhance James Webb Space Telescope images

San Antonio Express-News

Cody Cly
April 1, 2024

Navajo grad student Cody Cly discusses spiritual ties binding culture, eclipses

UTSA Today

Lindsay Fuller
March 21, 2024

Planet UTSA: Making eclipses accessible to those with impaired vision through the LightSound project

UTSA Today

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March 14, 2024

Planet UTSA: Astrophysicist Chris Packham explores eclipse-related educational opportunities

UTSA Today

Angela Speck
March 7, 2024

Planet UTSA: Angela Speck previews upcoming total solar eclipse

UTSA Today

Angela Speck
February 28, 2024

How to witness nature's grand spectacle, the 2024 total solar eclipse: The Source interview with Angela Speck

Texas Public Radio: The Source

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February 27, 2024

The path of totality: San Antonio to experience astronomical event

UTSA Today

Angela Speck
February 13, 2024

Angela Speck reveals the math behind eclipse predictions in KSAT interview

KSAT

Mason Leist and Chris Packham
January 25, 2024

Modern age JWST image development techniques reveal faint features in galaxy NGC 5728

UTSA Today

Xinting Yu
January 5, 2024

Islands on Titan? Xinting Yu discovers new reality on Saturn’s moon

UTSA Today

Chris Packham
September 26, 2023

Chris Packham selected to assist with NASA’s next generation space telescope

UTSA Today

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September 21, 2023

Outstanding early career faculty Mostafa Fazly and Elizabeth Sooby receive endowed fellowships

UTSA Today

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September 18, 2023

UTSA professor Angela Speck discusses the magic of solar eclipses

UTSA Today

Richard Anantua
September 13, 2023

UTSA astrophysicist to co-lead new international organization studying neutron stars and black holes

UTSA Today

Angela Speck
August 23, 2023

San Antonio preps for rare double solar eclipse: The Source interview with Angela Speck

Texas Public Radio: The Source

Kelly Nash
June 27, 2023

Kelly Nash named UTSA’s associate vice provost for faculty success

UTSA Today

Xinting Yu
June 15, 2023

UTSA researcher Xinting Yu will use NASA award to open up new worlds for students

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Goldwater
April 25, 2023

Three UTSA science students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate research

UTSA Today

Thayne Currie
April 13, 2023

International research team led by Thayne Currie discovers new exoplanet outside Earth's solar system

UTSA Today

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April 7, 2023

Total eclipse to offer unprecedented look at sun, UTSA professor Angela Speck says

UTSA Today

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December 15, 2022

$5M DOE CONNECT renewal grant will prepare more STEM students for careers in nuclear science and security

UTSA Today

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November 15, 2022

UTSA hosts several partner institutions from an energy research center funded by the DOE

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November 15, 2022

Air Force funding will enable Lorenzo Brancaleon to understand how eyes age

UTSA Today

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September 26, 2022

Murtuza Jadliwala and Kathryn Mayer awarded endowed fellowships

UTSA Today

Thayne Currie
September 20, 2022

Beyond the known universe: A study in exoplanets with UTSA professor Thayne Currie

UTSA Today

Elizabeth Sooby
September 19, 2022

Elizabeth Sooby selected for prestigious DOE Early Career award

UTSA Today

Elizabeth Sooby
August 3, 2022

Elizabeth Sooby discusses the need for fuel innovation and discovery to enable advanced nuclear reactor technology

Innovation News Network

Chris Packham
August 2, 2022

Chris Packham to help decode James Webb Space Telescope images

San Antonio Report

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August 1, 2022

UTSA, SwRI collaborate to make more efficient storage materials for hydrogen fuels

UTSA Today

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July 26, 2022

A work of art: Chris Packham describes new worlds captured by Webb telescope

UTSA Today

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July 12, 2022

UTSA hosts international fuels collaboration to advance nuclear energy research

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July 12, 2022

Galaxies abound: James Webb Space Telescope creates bold new opportunities for UTSA astronomers

UTSA Today

AAAS
June 13, 2022

Angela Speck presents stardust research at American Astronomical Society Conference

UTSA Today

Richard Anantua
June 8, 2022

Q&A: Richard Anantua, UTSA astrophysicist integral in groundbreaking image of black hole

UTSA Today

Angela Speck
May 31, 2022

Angela Speck explores how stardust could address climate change

UTSA Today

Richard Anantua
May 12, 2022

Groundbreaking image of black hole Sagittarius A* enhanced by UTSA physics professor Richard Anantua's research

UTSA Today

Chris Packham
January 27, 2022

Chris Packman uses telescope to look into black holes, 1 million miles from Earth

KENS5 News

AAAS
January 26, 2022

James Chambers, Aimin Liu, and Angela Speck recognized by world-renowned scientific council

UTSA Today

Alex Roush
January 12, 2022

Environmental science major Alex Roush to present on climate change at international conference

UTSA Today

JWT
December 21, 2021

Chris Packham involved in launch of James Webb Space Telescope that will advance UTSA black hole research

UTSA Today

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November 15, 2021

COS professor partners with Digital Learning to help physics students become Adobe fluent

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Tyler Sutherland
September 8, 2021

Tyler Sutherland helps make breakthrough achievement in quantum computing

UTSA Today

Elizabeth Sooby
July 27, 2021

Department of Energy taps Elizabeth Sooby at UTSA to make nuclear energy safer and more cost-effective

UTSA Today

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April 23, 2021

COS well represented at the 2021 University Excellence Awards ceremony

College of Sciences

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November 13, 2020

Marcelo Marucho develops open-access software for cytoskeleton research

UTSA Today

Lorenzo Brancaleon
October 13, 2020

Gamification methods applied in the courses of Lorenzo Brancaleon

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Helenita
June 26, 2020

The microscope that helped build a research powerhouse

UTSA Today

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May 27, 2020

Physics senior Aldo Sepulveda is one of five Roadrunner scholars honored with NSF fellowships

UTSA Today

Kelly Nash
February 14, 2020

Physicist alumna Kelly Nash excels in career, wants to inspire young black women

UTSA Today

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December 7, 2019

College of Sciences students among top UTSA scorers of Putnam Mathematical competition

College of Sciences

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November 20, 2019

CONNECT program prepares students for future careers in nuclear security

UTSA Today

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September 11, 2019

Physics PhD student Tara Gray awarded a UTSA Graduate School Distinguished Research Fellowship

UTSA Today

Jupiter
August 8, 2019

Computer science student and amateur astronomer Ethan Chappel detects possible impact on Jupiter

Sky and Telescope

Chris Packham
May 30, 2019

Chris Packham recognized for improving STEM education in San Antonio

UTSA Today

AURA
May 14, 2019

UTSA welcomed as a new member institution of The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

UTSA Today

Aldo Sepulveda
May 9, 2019

Physics junior Aldo Sepulveda awarded the distinguished Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

UTSA Today

neurons
May 8, 2019

UTSA research: Electrical properties of cytoskeleton could contribute to cell degradation

UTSA Today

Elizabeth Sooby-Wood
March 22, 2019

Elizabeth Sooby-Wood studies safer fuels for nuclear power

Rivard Report

magnetic field lines
February 26, 2018

Chris Packham is part of the team whose research reveals clearest infrared image yet of the center of our galaxy

UTSA Today

black hole
January 18, 2018

New research collaboration with Chris Packham challenges existing models of black holes

UTSA Today

Kelly Nash
January 3, 2018

Dr. Kelly Nash selected as an honoree of San Antonio Business Journal 2018 40 Under 40 award

San Antonio Business Journal

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