UAH-led space weather prediction research could be critical to U.S. Space Command
Jun 24, 2021
Research to improve space weather predictions by Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will boost abilities crucial to the success of the defense mission of the U.S. Spac...
UAH inventors receive award plaques for 21 patents at virtual ceremony
Apr 29, 2021
Thirty-three inventors from two colleges, six departments and three research centers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, received award plaques for 21 patents at a virtual ceremony on Friday...
Dr. Gary Zank featured in AAS Article
Apr 14, 2021
A study led by CSPAR's Dr. Gary Zank titled “The Origin of Switchbacks in the Solar Corona: Linear Theory” was recently featured by the American Astronomical Society. See the AAS article here: https://aasnova.org/202...
Parker Solar Probe - Update on Switchbacks
Mar 09, 2021
When NASA’s Parker Solar Probe sent back the first observations from its voyage to the Sun, scientists found signs of a wild ocean of currents and waves quite unlike the near-Earth space much closer to our planet. This ocean was spiked wi...
CSPAR’s James Adams elevated to senior member by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Mar 08, 2021
Dr. James Adams, a principal research scientist at the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been elevated to senior member by the In...
A Lucky Spacecraft Alignment Has Recorded a Huge, Evolving Solar Eruption
Jan 25, 2021
CSPAR scientists were recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The Letter exploits joint observations of the same interplanetary coronal mass ejection by widely separated spacecraft to study, for the first time, the turbulent evolutio...
Dr. Gary Zank Talks With WHNT News 19
Nov 23, 2020
Dr. Gary Zank - Program Director for the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research - recently sat down with WHNT's Steve Johnson to discuss several different subjects. See the interview here: https://whnt.com/news/leadership-perspectives/dr-gar...
CSPAR Researchers featured in NSF Press Release
Sep 01, 2020
A paper authored by researchers from CSPAR was featured in a September 1, 2020 press release from the National Science Foundation. View the press release here: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/announcements/090120.01.jsp...
Dr. Ying Zou, Assistant Professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research
Aug 31, 2020
Written by Katherine MacGilvray When asked what makes the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a desirable institution for space physicists, Dr. Ying Zou, Assistant Professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (C...
UAH leads $3.2 million solar software model effort to aid in space weather predictions
Sep 01, 2020
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA have awarded $3.2 million over three years to development of open-source solar atmosphere and inner heliosphere software models useful to predict space weather, a project led by The University of Alaba...