Sarah Dalessi, a graduate student in the UAH College of Science, holding a model of NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

UAH student researcher leads discovery of fastest gamma-ray burst ever recorded

Dec 08, 2025

– Sarah Dalessi, a fifth-year student in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is the lead author of a paper on arXiv detailing the discovery of the fastest gamma-ray ...

Dr. Laxman Adhikari’s fluid and space plasma turbulence class, from left: Bigyan Mainali, Dessalegn Kenno, Dr. Adhikari, Rubaiya Khondoker Shikha, Monika Karki, Prashant Baruwal and Ashutosh Giri. Missing is Prashrit Baruwal. Photo courtesy of Dr. Adhikari

Innovative teaching approach results in new framework to understand solar turbulence

Nov 20, 2025

A novel, innovative approach to teaching his first doctoral-level introductory fluid and space plasma turbulence class by new assistant professor of space science Dr. Laxman Adhikari at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has re...

Andrew Johnston, Amentum, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; and Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville.

Alabama Space Grant Consortium receives second $20K donation from National Space Club - Huntsville

Oct 15, 2025

The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has received a $20,000 donation from the National Space Club – Huntsville, marking the second year in a row th...

Dr. Frank Rubio, NASA astronaut and United States Army Col.

UAH Distinguished Lecture Series hosts Frank Rubio, record-holder for longest single-duration spaceflight of any U.S. astronaut

Oct 03, 2025

Dr. Frank Rubio, NASA astronaut and United States Army Col., was hosted as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). ...

Dr. Gary Zank is the director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes.

UAH researcher Dr. Gary Zank wins 2025 John Adam Fleming Medal, top prize in space physics

Sep 30, 2025

– Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), has been selec...

Dr. Massimiliano “Max” Bonamente, professor of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH researchers use X-rays from quasars to answer one of the three major questions in cosmology: where are the missing baryons?

Sep 03, 2025

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, have published a series of two papers in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society that resolve one of three major outstanding puz...

Students from Germany and the Southeastern U.S. arrive on the UAH campus to take part in International Space Camp exploring space weather science and its global impacts.

UAH hosts students from Germany and Southeastern U.S. at International Space Weather Camp

Aug 13, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, recently welcomed students from across the Southeastern U.S. and Germany to the International Space Weather Camp (ISWC), a two-week immersive program explori...

UAH researcher wins $681K NSF CAREER award to study the interaction of shockwaves and solar wind turbulence in the sun’s heliosphere

UAH researcher wins $681K NSF CAREER award to study the interaction of shockwaves and solar wind turbulence in the sun’s heliosphere

Jul 24, 2025

Dr. Lingling Zhao, an assistant professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $681,356 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development...

Dr. Robert Frederick, director of the UAH Propulsion Research Center, presents Dr. John Blevins with a flag that was flown around the moon on the Artemis I mission.

UAH alumnus John Blevins receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, premier award for career federal employees

Jul 21, 2025

Dr. John Blevins, an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, or “Sammie,” considered the highest honor for career federal employees. ...

The 22nd Annual International Astrophysics Conference was held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain and attended by students, faculty and researchers.

Exciting Discoveries and Future Missions Highlight 22nd Annual International Astrophysics Conference in Spain

Jun 24, 2025

The 22nd Annual International Astrophysics Conference (AIAC), held this year in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, brought together leading scientists from across the globe to discuss the latest breakthroughs and challenges in solar ...