Space Science
What Are the Northern Lights, and Why Are We Seeing Them So Often?
Nada AlHaddad and Noé Lugaz, research professors who study, the solar phenomena that can result in northern lights, answer questions about this phenomenon. Read More-
12/21/24
Space Tech Hub Signs First Partnership
UNH's Space Tech Hub, which connects the commercial space sector with space research and expertise at UNH, has signed its first-ever partnership,... -
08/08/24
5 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... -
07/08/21
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... -
11/15/18
UNH Scientists Capture Space Energy Explosion
The journal Science has published results from the MMS satellite mission.
Recent Stories
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02/06/17 - Feeding FrenzyA 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
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11/21/16 - 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
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10/14/16 - UCAR BoardHarlan Spence has been elected to serve as a member of the board of trustees of the UCAR. Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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04/11/16 - Miracle in SpaceSix years ago, a team from UNH’s Space Science Center performed a miracle. Read More
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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