New, fast solar wind propulsion system is aim of NASA, UAH study
Apr 11, 2016
Scientists at UAH are set to use computer models to investigate the results of experimental testing at NASA'S Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville to develop an engineering tool to design missions using a new type of long-distance space propu...
UAH graduate student one of three awarded prestigious NASA Fellowship
Aug 04, 2015
Anthony DeStefano is used to parsing complex, highly technical information. As a Ph.D. candidate at UAH, he spends his days at the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) writing code to calculate the trajectories of heavy atoms from...
Paper by SPA professor selected one of 12 classic papers by Journal of Plasma Physics
Jun 04, 2014
June 4, 2014 - The 1992 journal article "The equations of reduced magnetohydrodynamics" by G. P. Zank and W. H. Matthaeus was selected as one of 12 classic papers by the Journal of Plasma Physics. The papers were chosen by the journal's editorial boa...
Space Science professor awarded $1.4M in federal grants
Jun 03, 2014
June 3, 2014 - Nikolai Pogorelov, a Space Science professor, was awarded two large federal grants to study the heliosphere using computer models. The first project, funded under the Heliospheric Grand Challenges NASA program for $1,040,000, will inve...
SPA faculty and students showcase their work at the 2013 Fall AGU meeting
Dec 16, 2013
December 13, 2013 - The SPA department made another strong showing in the SPA (Space Physics and Aeronomy) section of the 2013 American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco. Our faculty presented 6 oral talks and 5 posters, whi...
CSPAR Researcher Rob Preece Featured in Media Discussing Massive Gamma Ray Burst
Nov 21, 2013
Dr. Rob Preece, CSPAR researcher and faculty member of the UAH Department of Space Science, has been featured in numerous media accounts of a powerful recent gamma ray burst. A time chart of GRB 130427A can be found here. ...
Two student papers published in Astrophysical Journal
Nov 12, 2013
November 11, 2013 - The Astrophysical Journal published two research papers by SPA graduate students, Eric Zirnstein and Udara Senanayake. Eric developed a computational code that allows him to calculate the amount of energetic neutral atom (ENA) flu...
