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The solar atmosphere, a region that extends eight million kilometers above the Sun's surface.

First-time UAH study sheds new light on mystery of why solar corona is so much hotter than Sun’s surface

Jul 26, 2024

In a new study published in the The Astrophysical Journal, a researcher from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, explores critical aspects of a phenomenon called kinetic Alfvén waves (KAW) to ...


Dr. Michael Newchurch outside the UAH SWIRLL Building with his instrument truck the Rocket-city Ozone

Professor Newchurch Receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal in April 2024 for his in Air-Quality and Atmospheric-Chemistry Research

Jul 24, 2024

Prof. Michael Newchurch, faculty in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and a principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal...


A man wearing goggles and using a tablet

UAH-led coalition building new statewide plasma industry in Alabama, backed by National Science Foundation

Jul 24, 2024

A 10-year, $40 million federal investment in plasma science and engineering (PSE) efforts in Alabama managed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has produced tangible results that are very encouraging, according to Dr. Sandra Richardso...


UAH Moonracer team 2077

UAH teams excel in 2024 international CanSat competition

Jul 23, 2024

Three Space Hardware Club (SHC) teams from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, have placed first, third and fourth nationally in the 2024 International CanSat competition ...


Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; Steve Cash, Axient Corp., President, NSFC-Huntsville; and Andrew Johnston, Jacobs, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville.

Alabama Space Grant Consortium receives 20k donation

Jul 19, 2024

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 (NSC) - Huntsville Chapter to support a 2024-2025 s...


High school students participating in chemistry experiments in a collaboration with the UAH Collège of Science.

UAH partners with local high school to provide chemistry courses

Jul 18, 2024

Students at East Limestone High School are diving into the world of modern chemistry concepts, thanks to a collaboration between UAH Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Olaf Nachtigall and East Limestone Science Teacher, Charity Reyes. The col...


Outreach program designed to help students in grades 9-12 prepare for their college experience

UAH College of Science hosts STEM Summer Institute for area high schoolers

Jul 15, 2024

In June and July, the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a part of the University of Alabama System, hosted two weeks of activities in support of the 2024 CAP & GOWN Project STEM Summer Institute. ...


A cicada from spring 2024’s Brood XIX emergence rests on a bush outside Shelbie King Hall on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Spring’s song: Brood XIX cicada emergence in Alabama impacts ears, ecosystem

Jul 02, 2024

Their droning chorus – is that a fleet of flying saucers? – seemed inescapable. When the cicadas of Brood XIX emerged across Alabama and elsewhere in spring 2024, they made a large impression on the regular above-ground inhabitants. ...


HEL Optics metrology worshop 2024

UAH HEL Optics Metrology Workshop aims to advance High-Energy Laser (HEL) Technologies

Jun 27, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will host the HEL Optics Metrology Workshop to improve metrology processes and technologies in High-energy laser (HEL) weapon systems. Registration is now open. The workshop will connect stakeholders fr...


Dr.  Federico Fraternale, Research Scientist 1 at the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR)

Research scientist’s “one-of-a-kind” model of the heliosphere wins $824k NASA heliophysics grant

Jun 18, 2024

Dr. Federico Fraternale at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been awarded a $824,132 NASA heliophysics grant to develop new global models of the heliosphere that incorporate interstellar ...


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