Space Science Center
A Career Written in the Stars
Many moons before Harlan Spence became the director for the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), his father, an amateur astronomer, instilled in Spence a curiosity and excitement about the universe. This was the era of the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union,... Read More
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01/23/25UNH Readies Instrument to Study Sun’s Interactions Out into Galaxy
After extensive preparations and testing by a UNH-led team, the IMAP-Lo instrument is now aboard a spacecraft and readying for flight in 2025. -
01/09/25What 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... -
10/29/24UNH Awarded $24 Million to Build Solar Wind Sensors for NOAA
The University of New Hampshire has been awarded $24.3 million by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to... -
08/08/245 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...
Recent Stories
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04/15/21 - $3.8 Million For Climate Change, Snow Depth and Space ResearchThree researchers from UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space have received grants from different government agencies totaling over $3.8 million. The projects... Read More -
03/25/21 - The Air Up ThereNASA's latest mission to explore two unusual atmospheric phenomena will tap UNH faculty and student expertise. Read More -
03/02/21 - Current EventsResearchers are using artificial intelligence and student-built magnetometers to improve space weather forecasting and prepare for power outages those storms cause. Read More -
02/24/21 - Stormy WeatherBanafsheh Ferdousi, a research scientist in the UNH Space Science Center, has received $800,000 from NASA to study space weather that impacts our technology. Read More -
01/25/21 - Brighter Days AheadNada Al-Haddad, a research assistant professor in the UNH Space Science Center, has been awarded a prestigious four-year, $690,000 NASA grant to support her solar-based research... Read More -
01/25/21 - Excellence in CitationsForty-one current and emeritus UNH researchers are among the world's 100,000 most cited, according to a new study. Read More -
09/30/20 - Igniting a Spark for Space ScienceUNH research professor Charles Smith for the 2020 AGU Carrington Award for excellence in space physics outreach. Read More -
09/14/20 - Night LifeResearchers have received a new NASA grant to study geomagnetic storms on the night side of the Earth. Read More -
09/01/20 - Solar ExplorersNASA has selected two teams featuring UNH researchers for its new heliophysics mission concept studies. Read More -
08/23/20 - UNH Researchers Join National Physics Frontier CenterResearchers at the University of New Hampshire were selected to join a newly formed Network for Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries Physics Frontier Center (PFC)... Read More