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    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 ...


    UAH presenting plaques to 15 faculty and staff members and researchers during the 2024 University Awards for Excellence ceremony

    UAH honors faculty, staff, researchers with 2024 University Awards for Excellence

    Jun 10, 2024

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized outstanding achievements of its faculty, staff members and researchers during the 2024 University Awards for Excellence ceremony on April 26. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System...


    Promotions Tenure

    UAH promotion, tenure awards for 2024-2025 year given to 25 outstanding faculty members

    Jun 07, 2024

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized 25 faculty members for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by awarding them tenure and/or promotion starting with the 2024-2025 academic year. ...


    Milky Way are more prominent than expected, leading researchers to determine the last major galactic collision occured only three billion years ago

    UAH researcher demonstrates Milky Way’s last major galactic collision happened much more recently than previously thought

    Jun 06, 2024

    Dr. Tom Donlon, a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is the lead author of a new paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society that reveal...


    Dr. Richard Lieu, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at UAH.

    UAH researcher shows, for the first time, gravity can exist without mass, mitigating the need for hypothetical dark matter

    Jun 06, 2024

    Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that is implied by gravitational effects that can’t be explained by general relativity unless more matter is present in the universe than can be seen. ...


    UAH Systems Management and Production (SMAP) Center 3D printer used to print Doppler Radar Gun housings, shown here printing a demonstration CubeSat container

    UAH announces outstanding students who made Dean’s, President’s lists in spring 2024 semester

    Jun 05, 2024

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) celebrates the outstanding work of its students during the spring 2024 semester with the announcement of the Dean’s and President’s lists. ...


    UAH alumni Dr. Jared Fuchs and Dr. Christopher Helmerich.

    UAH researcher leads groundbreaking paper that warp drive is possible through known physics

    May 29, 2024

    Two researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have published a paper that demonstrates for the first time that a subluminal warp drive is possible within the bounds of known physics without the need to employ exotic unknown forms...


    a dozen plaques setting on a table.

    UAH recognizes inventors who received 11 patent awards during 2023-2024 year

    May 24, 2024

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honored the achievements of inventors from two colleges and five departments who have been awarded patents during the past year. ...


    Future Technologies and Enabling Plasma Processes.

    UAH-led FTPP recognized nationally as National Science Foundation ranks in top 10 best places to work

    May 22, 2024

    The $20 million, five-year Future Technologies and Enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP) initiative led by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is cited in The Washington Post. ...


    Alabama Space Grant Consortium

    Alabama Space Grant Consortium at UAH names scholarship, fellowship winners for 2024-2025

    May 20, 2024

    The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) has announced recipients of its scholarships and fellowships for 2024-2025. ...


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