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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 ...


Health in Space class samples astronaut breakfast fare at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH Nursing faculty launches ‘Astronaut Breakfast Day’ to showcase innovative Health in Space course

Apr 30, 2025

To demonstrate the collaborative skills necessary to tackle the practical challenges of living in space, students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are taking a multidisciplinary course recently showcased by an event called ‘Astron...


Dr. Gary Zank, director of the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), holding a model of the Parker Solar Probe and SWEAP instrument suite created by Blake Parker

UAH development of SWEAP instruments helps Parker Solar Probe win 2024 Collier Trophy

Apr 01, 2025

The Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite developed by researchers at The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Marshall Space Flight Center for NASA’s Parker...


Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way

UAH breakthrough enables the measurement of local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time

Feb 25, 2025

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and her team have pioneered the use of gravitational acceleration measurements of binary pulsars to help illuminate...


NGC 4696, a galaxy within the Centaurus galaxy cluster, 170 million miles from Earth.

UAH physics undergrad co-authors breakthrough study in the journal Nature probing motion of gas in a galaxy cluster

Feb 12, 2025

Kokoro Hosogi, a physics student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has achieved a rare honor for an undergraduate: her contributions are being recognized in a study published in the journal Nature. ...


Conceptual rendering shows NASA's Parker Solar Probe about to enter the solar corona, the outermost layer of plasma, or ionized gas

UAH researcher says interaction of kinetic waves and suprathermal particles could be key to unlocking biggest mystery in heliophysics

Feb 04, 2025

Speakers at the inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Breakfast, presented by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), offered messages of economic innovation, growth and cooperation to the capacity audience. ...


Claude Blue, research lead and EPC president; Noa Milivojevic, EPC chief mechanical engineer Ella Hazle, aerospace engineering sophomore; Dmitri Tsahelnik, aerospace engineering and physics sophomore. 

UAH Electric Propulsion Club seeks patent for experimental ion thruster developed by EPC students; presents at International Astronautical Congress in Italy

Jan 07, 2025

The Electric Propulsion Club (EPC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently traveled to Milan, Italy, to present STARGATE, an experimental gridded ion thruster developed by the group, at the 75th International Astronautical Congre...


Business of Space Conference 2025

UAH to host second annual Business of Space Conference February 23-25; Registration is now open

Dec 17, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business (COB) will host the second annual Business of Space Conference to focus on creating solutions through partnerships while addressing both opportunities and barriers. ...


Alfvén waves

UAH plasma researcher follows up first-of-its-kind study of Alfvén waves with groundbreaking new findings, possibly key to mystery of solar corona heating

Nov 13, 2024

Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that builds on an earlier first-of-its-kind study that examined kinetic Alfvén waves. ...


Dr. Gary Zank, director of the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR).

National Space Club taps UAH Eminent Scholar Dr. Gary Zank to receive 2024 Distinguished Science Award

Nov 05, 2024

The National Space Club (NSC), Huntsville Chapter, has selected Dr. Gary Zank at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to receive the 2024 Distinguished Science Award. ...


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