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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03/09/18 - WMUR 9: Weather Instruments Developed by UNH Launched into SpaceThe technology is part of a suite of weather instruments created specifically for new NOAA satellites designed to better forecast weather. Read More -
03/05/18 - Better (Space) Weather ForecastsState-of-the-art space weather instruments developed by UNH researchers are heading into space. Read More -
03/04/18 - Faculty HonorsUNH faculty members distinguished themselves with recent awards and appointments. Read More -
03/04/18 - Space Science by the NumbersA quick look at six decades of UNH space science research. Read More -
11/21/17 - Space Physicist Named AAAS FellowEOS director Harlan Spence is recognized by his peers. Read More -
08/11/17 - Chasing the MoonUNH faculty are traveling to what's known as the path of totality to witness the Aug. 21 eclipse. Find out where they're going. Read More -
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