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Oct 03, 2012
Space Scientists Explain Physical Mechanisms of Sun Explosions
In a paper just published in Nature Physics, an international team of space scientists, including researcher Noé Lugaz in the Space Science Center of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, explains the mysterious physical mechanisms underlying the origin of sun’s powerful coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Read more
Jul 16, 2012
RESEARCH PROFILE: James Ryan – Using Space Technology to Detect Radiation Threats on Earth
Dr. James Ryan and his team in UNH's Space Science Center (SSC) are using his research into neutrons and gamma rays from space to construct the Portable Neutron Spectroscope (NSPECT), a device that will allow authorities to pinpoint from a safe distance materials used to make a nuclear bomb. Read more
Mar 22, 2012
Cosmic Rays Alter Chemistry of Lunar Ice
Space scientists from UNH, working as part of a multi-institutional team, have quantified levels of radiation on the moon’s surface from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) bombardment that over time causes chemical changes in water ice and can create complex carbon chains similar to those that help form the foundations of biological structures. In addition, the radiation process causes the lunar... Read more
Feb 23, 2012
NASA Rocket Carrying Instruments Built at UNH Launched Into Aurora
With the full sky shimmering in green aurora on Feb. 18, 2012, a team of scientists, including space physicist Marc Lessard and graduate students from UNH’s Space Science Center, launched an instrument-laden, two-stage sounding rocket from the Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska. The precision measurements from the rocket’s instruments will shed new light on the physical processes that... Read more- 1 of 2
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Nov 26, 2012
UNH Developing New Telescope for Solar Orbiter, a Joint European Space Agency/NASA Mission
A telescope currently being developed by a UNH team for the Solar Orbiter mission is based on one built at UNH and currently aboard NASA's twin Solar-Terrestrial Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft. Read morePosted in: Engineering & Physical Sciences, Space Science, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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