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 ...
UAH TERMINUS student group set to launch biggest, most advanced spacecraft with NASA
Jul 25, 2024
This August, a student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va...
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...
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. ...
UAH engineering students top NASA HERC Rover Challenge for second consecutive year
Apr 24, 2024
For the second year in a row, engineering students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, have captured first place in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) competition. ...
UAH astrophysics research advances understanding of how the light of gamma-ray bursts is produced
Apr 22, 2024
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the Sun will produce over its ten-billion-year lifetime. ...
UAH-managed program offers STEM students paid summer internships in plasma physics
Feb 01, 2024
University students studying in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields can apply immediately for paid summer internships in plasma physics funded by Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), a University of Ala...
Research and Empowerment: A Pakistani (Waziristani) Ph.D Student's Inspirational Journey
Nov 13, 2023
Syed Ayaz, a dedicated Ph.D. student in the Department of Space Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is on a quest to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical applications. Ayaz acti...
UAH researchers closing in on helping to solve 60-year-old solar mystery
Oct 17, 2023
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have supported a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve a 60-year-old cosmic mystery that involves the question of why the Sun’s corona, the outermost part of the Sun’s atmospher...
OLLI at UAH free bonus program showcases history of James Webb Space Telescope
Sep 26, 2023
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) showcases the exacting work behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its dazzling images of the cosmos during a bonus program on Oct. 20 from 11 a...