Space Science
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 beating the dog days of summer. Cruising on an icebreaker. Three researchers from UNH’s world-renowned Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping — director... Read More
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07/08/21Research 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... -
11/15/18UNH 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.
Recent Stories
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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 -
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 -
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 -
02/18/15 - A Radiation Belt TwoferThis illustration shows the FIREBIRD-II CubeSats in low-Earth orbit and the Van Allen Probes further out in the heart of the radiation belt region. (Background illustration... Read More -
02/20/14 - Luna TunesArtist's rendition of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at the moon. The CRaTER telescope is seen pointing out at the bottom right center of the LRO spacecraft. Illustration by... Read More -
09/12/13 - Dazzling DiscoveriesThe Van Allen Probes elliptical orbits will range in altitude from 373 to 23,000 miles. Artist's rendering courtesy of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory One year after... Read More -
08/08/13 - Smart Students Study Cutting-edge Science with Project SmartIn the crowded atrium of Morse Hall, large posters mounted on easels described cutting-edge science ranging from genetically engineered plants to 3-D bio-printing to an ultra-low... Read More -
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 -
06/13/13 - LunaCats Rocket to Third Place in NASA CompetitionThe 2013 UNH LunaCats team at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. L-R: Front row: James Clifford, Jonathan Shepard, Anthony Edmonds, Caleigh MacPherson, Jonathan Wilson; back row... Read More -
05/16/13 - From Manchester to the MoonJosh Chabot '13 and his adviser, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering May-Win Thein, pose with the fruit of three years' labor: a tabletop NASA satellite simulator that... Read More