Space Science

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  • a black hole eating a dying star
    - Feeding Frenzy
    A giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and then continued to feed off its remains for close to a decade, according to research led by UNH. This black hole meal is more than... Read More
  • NASA rocket with UNH-built instruments on board
    - How's the Weather in Space?
    Rocket with instruments designed by UNH researchers blasted into space Nov. 19 (Photo: NASA) State-of-the-art space weather instrumentation developed by researchers at the UNH’s... Read More
  • UNH EOS director Harlan Spence
    - UCAR Board
    Harlan Spence has been elected to serve as a member of the board of trustees of the UCAR. Read More
  • Telescope image of space, with bright yellow and bright purple objects highlighted
    - Rogue Black Hole
    UNH researcher Dacheng Lin has discovered a massive black hole “wandering” at edge of its galaxy. Read More
  • Colorful image of Van Allen radiation belts around Earth
    - Van Allen Discovery
    UNH researchers have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts that circle the Earth during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never... Read More
  • UNH professor of physics Mark McConnell
    - McConnell Is New SwRI-EOS Director
    Professor of physics Mark McConnell is the new director of the collaborative Southwest Research Institute Earth, Oceans and Space department at UNH. Read More
  • UNH Space Science Director Lynn Kistler
    - Union Fellow
    UNH physics professor Lynn Kistler has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the largest single organization dedicated to the advancement of geophysics. Read More
  • Harlan Spence, physics professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
    - Space Man Spence
    Harlan Spence, director of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, has been appointed to the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences.  Read More
  • large group of scientists and students pose beneath a rocket ship
    - Miracle in Space
    Six years ago, a team from UNH’s Space Science Center performed a miracle.  Read More
  • Chris Whitney
    - California Dreamin'
    The UNH booth, hosted here by Tara Hicks Johnson, outreach specialist at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, was a popular destination for would-be graduate students and... Read More