Space Science Center
Tiny Satellite Built by UNH Students Blasts Off to Space
When the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off the day after Thanksgiving, it carried with it years of hard work — and the hopes and dreams — of 26 UNH undergraduate students who built a miniature satellite to study the sun and its effects on space weather. A UNH-led student collaboration with NASA’s... Read More
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09/24/25Two UNH Space Weather Instruments Blast Off Toward the Sun
After years in the making, two UNH space weather instruments have blasted off toward the sun to study its influence on our solar system and monitor... -
08/26/25In Memoriam: Eric Lund
Eric Lund, a UNH research scientist who recently passed away, is being remembered as a dedicated space scientist and valued colleague. -
07/23/25Closing the Gap in a Global Space Weather Monitoring System
UNH students and researchers help bring neutron monitor back online in Maui, filling a crucial gap in the global space weather monitoring system.
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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 -
05/26/20 - Solar FocusScientists from the UNH Space Science Center are gearing up to offer students a new hands-on research experience that's out of this world. Read More -
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04/17/20 - A New View of Space WeatherA new satellite bearing a UNH-built magnetometer will help scientists improve space weather monitoring and predictions. Read More