2017-10-16 15:46:21 UAH team part of co-detection that confirms the origin of short gamma-ray bursts Details Published: 16 October 2017 A gravitational-wave discovery on Aug. 17 is the first to produce light detected by observatories in space and on the ground. Just 1.7 seconds after the gravitational waves rushed past Earth, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope caught … Read more » 2017-10-16 14:06:19 UAH space science professor elected fellow of the American Physical Society Written by Diana LaChance Details Published: 16 October 2017 Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov, a professor in the Department of CSPAR at UAH, has been elected a 2017 fellow of the APS by the APS Council of Representatives upon the recommendation of the Topical Group on Plasma … Read more » 2017-09-19 17:07:41 UAH leading effort that secures $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation Details Published: 19 September 2017 A partnership comprising nine universities in Alabama, including UAH as the lead institution, has been awarded a $20 million, five-year grant by the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research … Read more » 2017-06-27 18:23:12 Zank awarded the International Space Science Institute’s Johannes Geiss Fellowship Written by Diana LaChance Details Published: 27 June 2017 Dr. Gary Zank, who serves as both chair of the Department of Space Science and the director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at UAH, has been named the 2017 recipient of the International Space Science Institute’s Johannes … Read more » 2017-06-20 16:01:13 NASA fellowship will fund UAH space science student’s research on solar wind Details Published: 20 June 2017 Bofeng Tang, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Space Science at UAH, has received a 2017/2018 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) to fund his research into the transport of electrons and electron heat flux in the solar wind. The … Read more » 2017-05-25 20:26:55 Celebration of life set for Dr. S.T. Wu Details Published: 25 May 2017 Dr. S. T. Wu, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, passed away on Sunday, May 21 … Read more » 2017-05-09 19:50:00 Gary Zank honored at 2017 NAS Ceremony Details Published: 09 May 2017 Dr. Gary P. Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and chair of the Department of Space Science at UAH, was inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) at a ceremony held at the Academy's … Read more » 2017-05-08 16:14:56 Aerojet Rocketdyne’s $1 million gift creates endowment for UAH space science chair Details Published: 08 May 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne announced today it will fund a $1 million endowment to establish the Aerojet Rocketdyne Chair in Space Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville … Read more » 2017-04-10 19:13:00 UAH supplies critical systems for NASA super pressure balloon Details Published: 10 April 2017 Critical systems for NASA’s Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) Super Pressure Balloon have been supplied and calibrated by … Read more » 2017-03-29 16:00:00 Zank, Cassibry set to help UAH celebrate research achievements Details Published: 29 March 2017 Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and director of the Department of Space Science, is a featured guest speaker when the third annual Research Week at UAH hits campus April … Read more » 1234...6