Space Science Center
Student-led Project Examines Sun’s Corona During Total Eclipse
Six Ph.D. physics students from UNH were selected to participate in Citizen CATE 2024 project to collect data during the total solar eclipse. Read More
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03/20/24Predicting Solar Weather With Machine Learning
New grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation further UNH research into magnetospheric processes. -
01/09/24UNH Experts Share How to Safely View Upcoming Solar Eclipse
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will travel across the U.S. The northern part of New Hampshire will be among the portions of the country in... -
10/31/23Earth’s atmosphere plays major role in creating space storms
New research indicates that the Earth’s atmosphere plays a larger role in the creation of space storms than previously thought. -
09/22/23Physics Professor Honored for Magnetospheric Research
Lynn Kistler has been selected as the American Geophysical Union's 2023 James Van Allen Lecture recipient.
Recent Stories
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08/10/17 - We’re All HeliophysicistsNathan Schwadron, professor of physics in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space. Learn more about Schwadron's research in this video. (Photo: Jacob Withee,... Read More -
05/25/17 - Predicting Space WeatherA UNH researcher has identified key differences in solar wind models. Read More -
04/15/17 - Research on the Edge: Space ScienceThe first data from NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS), launched in 2015 with nearly half of its scientific instruments coordinated or built by UNH, were published in... Read More -
03/01/17 - Spaced Out“Astronomy compels the soul to look upward and leads us from this world to another.” —Plato, The Republic, 342 BCE Last week, when NASA announced the discovery of seven new... Read More -
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 -
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 -
10/14/16 - UCAR BoardHarlan Spence has been elected to serve as a member of the board of trustees of the UCAR. Read More -
08/30/16 - Magnetic Mysteries, DecodedA NASA rocket carrying instruments developed by scientists, engineers and students from UNH’s Space Science Center (SSC) has obtained the first-ever data of an elusive phenomenon... Read More -
05/12/16 - Magnetic ReconnectionOn October 16, 2015, dozens of UNH scientists, space physics researchers, engineers and students made history. Read More -
07/23/15 - Riding HighProject SMART high school students steady their scientific balloon as it fills with helium prior to launch. (Photo: Devin Thomas, University of British Columbia) Near space is... Read More