Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund, COSPAR council president, presents Dr. Gary Zank, director of the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), with the 2026 Committee on Space Research Space Science Award in Florence, Italy.

UAH Director of CSPAR, Dr. Gary Zank, receives international COSPAR Space Science Award; minor planet named in his honor

Aug 26, 2026

A lifetime of probing the invisible forces that shape our solar system has earned a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researcher one of the highest honors in international space science ...

Savaria Parrish, Pragya Natarajan and Stephanie Manasterski, the first three UAH graduate students to receive fellowships in the National Science Foundation’s

Three incoming UAH students win NSF EGFP grants highlighting student success; research opportunities still available for top STEM graduates

Aug 21, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is welcoming three graduate students who won research fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competit...

Parker Solar Probe carries FIELDS instrument suite measuring electric fields, magnetic fields, plasma waves and radio emissions in the solar corona and solar wind.

UAH researcher finds cosmic dust could play key role in cracking long-standing mystery of solar corona heating, opening new field in heliophysics

Jul 01, 2026

A new study led by a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville suggests that tiny charged dust grains near the Sun may significantly influence how energy moves through the solar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun. ...

The Martian Year 34 global dust storm, a planet-encircling event that occurred on Mars in 2018

UAH researcher finds Martian dust storms may generate atmospheric electrical conditions that could impact Mars missions

Jun 30, 2026

A new study by a doctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, suggests global dust storms on Mars may organize the Martian atmosphere into regions favorable for electrical activit...

The University of Alabama in Huntsville campus student service building

UAH announces promotion, tenure awards for 2026-27 academic year, grants of emeritus status

May 19, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced awards of tenure and/or promotion for 20 faculty members and recognized nine others who were recently granted emeritus status at the University Awards for Excellence celebration on April 23 at...

These awards included UAH Foundation Staff Awards; Research and Creative Activity Undergraduate Mentor Award; College Outstanding Faculty Awards; University Distinguished Teaching Award; University Distinguished Research, Creative Achievement and Scholarly Performance Award; University Researcher of the Year Award, and the new faculty and staff Made a Difference Award

UAH celebrates outstanding faculty, staff at 2026 University Awards for Excellence event on April 23

May 12, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honored the achievements of 23 faculty and staff members on April 23 at the 2026 University Awards for Excellence ceremony in the Student Services Building ballroom. ...

Dr. Gary P. Zank receiving the award from AKA CEO, Reed and SER Director, Adams.

Dr. Gary P. Zank Recognized with Alpha Kappa Alpha’s (AKA) Champion Award for Outstanding Community Support

May 08, 2026

Gary P. Zank, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Space Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, has been recognized with the prestigious Champion Award from Alpha...

Hot-fire test at the historic Apollo Test Stand 4670 on Marshall Space Flight Center.

UAH Business of Space Conference highlights NASA - Blue Origin partnership; restored Apollo Test Stand celebrates 500th hot-fire test

Mar 06, 2026

In an era defined by ambitions to return to the Moon and push onward to Mars, a groundbreaking partnership between NASA and Blue Origin is demonstrating how collaboration between government and industry can strengthen America’s space capabilities...

Image of MaGIXS-2 sounding rocket launch, 30 July 2024 from White Sands Missile Range, NM

UAH researcher wins $1.27M award to study dynamic evolution of plasma conditions during a solar flare

Feb 03, 2026

Despite decades of observations, our understanding of plasma conditions during solar flares has been limited by instrument capabilities. ...

X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) studies the hot, energetic universe by capturing X-rays to reveal details about galaxy clusters, black holes, supernova remnants and the formation of cosmic structures

UAH researchers lead study suggesting dark matter can be detected in unidentified X-ray emission lines in spectra of galaxy clusters

Dec 16, 2025

Scientists search for “decaying” dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines or neutrino signals not seen in normal matter, potentially revealing dark matter's particle nature, mass and interacti...