Space Science
Research Snapshot: Eerie Quiet
Stanley Ellis, a research engineer with UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, tests a detector inside Morse Hall’s anechoic chamber, a room lined with pyramid-shaped material that absorbs all sound, radio waves, and electromagnetic radiation. Space scientists rely on this... Read More
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11/15/18UNH Scientists Capture Space Energy Explosion
The journal Science has published results from the MMS satellite mission. -
06/18/18UNH Researcher Captures Best Ever Evidence of Rare Black Hole
Researcher from Space Science Center captured elusive midsize black hole devouring a star. -
06/07/18UNH Researchers Land Roles in NASA Mission to Study Outer Solar System
Researchers and engineers from UNH's Space Science Center have been selected to be a part of a NASA science mission. -
03/15/18Space Radiation: More Hazardous Than We Thought
A new UNH study has implications for human space travel.
Recent Stories
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10/13/16 - Rogue Black HoleUNH researcher Dacheng Lin has discovered a massive black hole “wandering” at edge of its galaxy. Read More -
10/05/16 - Van Allen DiscoveryUNH 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 -
09/02/16 - McConnell Is New SwRI-EOS DirectorProfessor of physics Mark McConnell is the new director of the collaborative Southwest Research Institute Earth, Oceans and Space department at UNH. Read More -
08/01/16 - Union FellowUNH 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 -
07/14/16 - Space Man SpenceHarlan 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 -
04/11/16 - Miracle in SpaceSix years ago, a team from UNH’s Space Science Center performed a miracle. Read More -
12/21/15 - 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 -
12/08/15 - Into the StormBeing one of the world’s leading lightning experts is perilous business. For UNH’s Joseph Dwyer, it meant mistakenly flying a small plane into a violent thunderstorm. “I really... Read More -
04/08/15 - Sun ScreeningIt could be the subject of a science fiction B movie: Space travelers to Mars bombarded by cosmic rays. But it’s science fact, the primary finding of major research out of... Read More -
04/01/15 - Mr. Spence Goes to WashingtonUNH astrophysicist Harlan E. Spence was one of four panelists at a Capitol Hill briefing Tuesday, March 24, on “super storms” that can have profound effects on America's economy,... Read More