Space Science Center
Student-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. Read More-
03/20/24
Predicting Solar Weather With Machine Learning
New grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation further UNH research into magnetospheric processes. -
01/09/24
UNH Experts Share How to Safely View Upcoming Solar Eclipse
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will travel across the U.S. The northern part of New Hampshire will be among the portions of the country in... -
10/31/23
Earth’s atmosphere plays major role in creating space storms
New research indicates that the Earth’s atmosphere plays a larger role in the creation of space storms than previously thought. -
09/22/23
Physics Professor Honored for Magnetospheric Research
Lynn Kistler has been selected as the American Geophysical Union's 2023 James Van Allen Lecture recipient.
Recent Stories
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03/05/15 - For These UNH Students, It Is Rocket ScienceLong before it blasts into space March 12, the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will have launched the careers of would-be rocket scientists who contributed to the mission... Read More
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03/05/15 - Space QuartetTen years ago, UNH physics professor Roy Torbert knew that when the university’s Space Science Center (SSC) was awarded a very large role in NASA’s ambitious, four-spacecraft... Read More
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07/25/13 - Heavenly Science: Student Balloons Video Earth Below, Space AboveOn Thursday, July 17, 2013, high school students and their University of New Hampshire Project SMART mentors successfully flew twin weather balloons that carried... Read More
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12/13/12 - In the Hot SeatThe Solar Orbiter mission, with a UNH instrument on board, will use a series of gravitational slingshots around Venus to get closer to the sun than ever before. Read More
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08/23/12 - Tightening the Scientific Understanding of the BeltsMore than a dozen years in the making, the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes will rocket into the harsh environment of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts to probe their inner... Read More