Space Science Center
UNH Awarded $24 Million to Build Solar Wind Sensors for NOAA
The University of New Hampshire has been awarded $24.3 million by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to build sensors for a high-priority alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind — caused by explosions on the sun —... Read More
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08/08/245 Ways Wildcats Are Staying Cool This Summer
Summer of ’24 has already broken heat records here in New England, but some in our UNH community are staying cool. Here are five ways our ’Cats are... -
07/25/24UNH Makes Space Technology Available to Industry
UNH has launched its Space Technology Hub, a first-of-its-kind center in the region that provides testing facilities and expertise to the commercial... -
04/03/24Student-led Project Examines Sun’s Corona During Total Eclipse
Six Ph.D. physics students from UNH were selected to participate in Citizen CATE 2024 project to collect data during the total solar eclipse. -
03/20/24Predicting Solar Weather With Machine Learning
New grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation further UNH research into magnetospheric processes.
Recent Stories
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08/23/18 - Launching Young Careers Into SpaceThe edge of space is as close as Morse Hall for high school and college students looking to launch their science careers. Read More -
08/13/18 - Here Comes the SunAn historic mission to study the sun and space weather benefits from expertise of UNH researchers and students. Read More -
07/30/18 - High-flying Telescope Focuses on Cosmic RadiationScientific balloon launch helps UNH researchers test new technology for gamma ray detection from space. Read More -
06/18/18 - UNH Researcher Captures Best Ever Evidence of Rare Black HoleResearcher from Space Science Center captured elusive midsize black hole devouring a star. Read More -
06/07/18 - UNH Researchers Land Roles in NASA Mission to Study Outer Solar SystemResearchers and engineers from UNH's Space Science Center have been selected to be a part of a NASA science mission. Read More -
03/15/18 - Space Radiation: More Hazardous Than We ThoughtA new UNH study has implications for human space travel. Read More -
03/11/18 - Fellow in PhysicsUNH professor of physics Benjamin Chandran was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Read More -
03/09/18 - WMUR 9: Weather Instruments Developed by UNH Launched into SpaceThe technology is part of a suite of weather instruments created specifically for new NOAA satellites designed to better forecast weather. Read More -
03/05/18 - Better (Space) Weather ForecastsState-of-the-art space weather instruments developed by UNH researchers are heading into space. Read More -
03/04/18 - Faculty HonorsUNH faculty members distinguished themselves with recent awards and appointments. Read More