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...
UAH scientists are part of first discovery of giant neutron star flare outside Milky Way
Jan 13, 2021
The first-time discovery of a giant flare from a neutron star that's outside Earth's galactic neighborhood is the subject of a new research paper in the journal Nature that has four co-authors from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a p...
Michael Terres wins NASA grant to study turbulence in solar plasma
Jan 13, 2021
UAH alumnus Michael Terres, a research assistant in the department of Space Science (SPA) with The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been announced as the winner of a Future Investigators in ...
Are we alone in the universe? UAH’s Dr. Gary Zank doesn’t think so
Dec 14, 2020
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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...
New research solves Parker Solar Probe’s solar switchbacks surprise
Oct 27, 2020
In newly published research, scientists have for the first time modeled the nature of solar switchbacks – the large and long-duration isolated velocity spikes in the solar wind that surprised researchers when the first blast of data arrived from ...
Dr. Jessica Gaskin wins 2020 Alumni of Achievement award for College of Science
Oct 08, 2020
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, announced that Dr. Jessica A. Gaskin has won the 2020 Alumni of Achievement Award for the College of Science. ...
Dr. Parisa Mostafavi is 2020 Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award honoree
Sep 30, 2020
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announced today that Dr. Parisa Mostafavi is the 2020 Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award honoree. Dr. Mostafavi has a BS in engineering physics and a master's in plasma engineering. She was awarded h...
Rotating Detonation Engine test-fired for first time at UAH’s Johnson Research Center
Sep 16, 2020
A new kind of rocket engine has been test-fired for the first time at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System. ...
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...
