/unhtoday/feed/2566/rss.xml 91制片厂 Today Articles en /unhtoday/2025/12/renu-3-rocket-blasts-unh-technology-board 91制片厂 scientists and students designed and built 10 space instruments to study atmospheric phenomena that affect satellites and GPS communications. ]]> Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:45 -0500 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/12/renu-3-rocket-blasts-unh-technology-board /unhtoday/2025/12/tiny-satellite-built-unh-students-blasts-space When the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off the day after Thanksgiving, it carried with it years of hard work 鈥� and the hopes and dreams 鈥� of 26 91制片厂 undergraduate students who built a miniature satellite to study the sun and its effects on space weather. A 91制片厂-led student collaboration with NASA鈥檚 Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, their small satellite launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 28, 2025 at 10:19 a.m. PST. It now heads to the outer reaches of the atmosphere to study the solar wind, helping scientists in their quest to improve space weather forecasting and better protect technology in space and on Earth 鈥� such as communication networks, power grids and GPS 鈥� from potentially damaging large solar flare events.... ]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:15 -0500 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/12/tiny-satellite-built-unh-students-blasts-space /unhtoday/2025/09/two-unh-space-weather-instruments-blast-toward-sun After years in the making, two 91制片厂 space weather instruments have blasted off toward the sun to study its influence on our solar system and monitor space weather, which can impact satellite communications and power grids on Earth. 聽 VIDEO: LEARN MORE Watch聽Nathan Schwadron describe how IMAP will help us understand our solar system. ]]> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:00 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/09/two-unh-space-weather-instruments-blast-toward-sun /unhtoday/2025/09/nasas-imap-launch-feature-instrument-designed-and-built-unh When聽NASA鈥檚 IMAP聽(Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft launches later this month (earliest launch date is Sept. 23) to explore the boundary of the magnetic bubble protecting our solar system, it will carry an instrument designed and built at 91制片厂. The mission will help us as we plan to send missions to Mars and has implications for how life formed here on Earth. Nathan Schwadron, professor of physics and astronomy and principal investigator for the IMAP-Lo instrument, led a team of 50 91制片厂 researchers, students and technicians, continuing 91制片厂鈥檚 six-decade legacy of space science excellence. ]]> Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:30 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/09/nasas-imap-launch-feature-instrument-designed-and-built-unh /unhtoday/2025/08/memoriam-eric-lund Eric Lund, a 91制片厂 research scientist who recently passed away, is being remembered as a dedicated space scientist and valued colleague.聽 ]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:15 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/08/memoriam-eric-lund /unhtoday/2025/07/closing-gap-global-space-weather-monitoring-system 91制片厂 students and researchers help bring neutron monitor back online in Maui, filling a crucial gap in the global space weather monitoring system. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:00 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/07/closing-gap-global-space-weather-monitoring-system /unhtoday/2025/07/nh-space-grant-trains-next-generation-scientists With $800,000 in funding for the first year of its four-year grant cycle, N.H. Space Grant聽continues its commitment to STEM education and workforce development. ]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:00 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/07/nh-space-grant-trains-next-generation-scientists /unhtoday/2025/04/career-written-stars Many moons before Harlan Spence became the director for the 91制片厂 Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), his father, an amateur astronomer, instilled in Spence a curiosity and excitement about the universe. This was the era of the Space Race between the U.S.聽and the Soviet Union, and space exploration was on everyone鈥檚 minds, televisions and airwaves; it was especially captivating for Spence during his youth.聽 ]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:30 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/04/career-written-stars /unhtoday/2025/01/unh-readies-instrument-study-suns-interactions-out-galaxy After extensive preparations and testing by a 91制片厂-led team, the IMAP-Lo instrument is now aboard a spacecraft and readying for flight in 2025.聽 ]]> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:30 -0500 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/01/unh-readies-instrument-study-suns-interactions-out-galaxy /unhtoday/2025/01/what-are-northern-lights-and-why-are-we-seeing-them-so-often Nada AlHaddad and No茅 Lugaz, research professors who study, the solar phenomena that can result in northern lights, answer questions about this phenomenon. ]]> Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2025/01/what-are-northern-lights-and-why-are-we-seeing-them-so-often /unhtoday/2024/10/unh-awarded-24-million-build-solar-wind-sensors-noaa The 91制片厂 has been awarded $24.3 million by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to build sensors for a high-priority alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind 鈥� caused by explosions on the sun 鈥� for potential interruptions to key technology like satellite communications, electric power grids and GPS systems. ]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:15 -0400 Robbin Ray 鈥�82 /unhtoday/2024/10/unh-awarded-24-million-build-solar-wind-sensors-noaa /unhtoday/2024/08/5-ways-wildcats-are-staying-cool-summer Summer of 鈥�24 has already broken heat records here in New England, but some in our 91制片厂 community are staying cool. Here are five ways our 鈥機ats are beating the dog days of summer. Cruising on an icebreaker. Three researchers from 91制片厂鈥檚 world-renowned Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping 鈥� director Larry Mayer, associate director Brian Calder, and affiliate assistant research professor Liz Weidner 鈥�23G 鈥� are in northern Greenland on board the Swedish icebreaker Oden. They鈥檙e mapping the seafloor of this unexplored region, contributing to our understanding of the melting Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on sea level rise. Chilling above the Arctic Circle. At Sweden鈥檚 Abisko Research Station, professor of Earth sciences Ruth Varner and a team of researchers, including 91制片厂 students,... ]]> Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:15 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2024/08/5-ways-wildcats-are-staying-cool-summer /unhtoday/2024/07/unh-makes-space-technology-available-industry 91制片厂 has launched its Space Technology Hub, a first-of-its-kind center in the region that provides testing facilities and expertise to the commercial space sector. ]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:15 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2024/07/unh-makes-space-technology-available-industry /unhtoday/2024/04/student-led-project-examines-suns-corona-during-total-eclipse Six Ph.D. physics students from 91制片厂 were selected to participate in聽Citizen CATE 2024 project to collect data during the total solar eclipse.聽 ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:30 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2024/04/student-led-project-examines-suns-corona-during-total-eclipse /unhtoday/2024/03/predicting-solar-weather-machine-learning New grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation further 91制片厂 research into magnetospheric processes. ]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:45 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2024/03/predicting-solar-weather-machine-learning /unhtoday/2024/01/unh-experts-share-how-safely-view-upcoming-solar-eclipse On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will travel across the U.S. The northern part of New Hampshire will be among the portions of the country in the path of totality, when the moon completely blocks the sun and plunges the midday into darkness.聽91制片厂 experts John Gianforte, director of the 91制片厂 Observatory, and Amy Keesee, associate professor of physics and astronomy, share everything you need to know to enjoy the eclipse safely.聽 鈥淕etting to see an eclipse during the path of totality is an amazing experience,鈥� says Keesee. And it figures to be聽a pretty rare opportunity: North America won鈥檛 see another eclipse until 2044. Totality is the聽only聽time it鈥檚 safe to look directly at the sun, Keesee and Gianforte stress, but they also offer plenty聽of creative ways to enjoy a partial eclipse. You... ]]> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/01/unh-experts-share-how-safely-view-upcoming-solar-eclipse /unhtoday/2023/10/earths-atmosphere-plays-major-role-creating-space-storms New research indicates that the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere plays a larger role in the creation of space storms than previously thought. ]]> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:30 -0400 /unhtoday/2023/10/earths-atmosphere-plays-major-role-creating-space-storms /unhtoday/2023/09/physics-professor-honored-magnetospheric-research Lynn Kistler has been selected as聽the American Geophysical Union's 2023 James Van Allen Lecture recipient. ]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:00 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2023/09/physics-professor-honored-magnetospheric-research /unhtoday/2023/08/light-work 91制片厂 scientists are building components for NASA's IMAP mission that will map the boundaries of our heliosphere. ]]> Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:45 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2023/08/light-work /unhtoday/2023/08/unh-researchers-tap-ai-help-forecast-space-weather Researchers are tapping into the power of AI to accurately forecast space weather near Earth's middle latitudes.聽 ]]> Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:00 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2023/08/unh-researchers-tap-ai-help-forecast-space-weather /unhtoday/2023/07/nasa-administrator-sen-shaheen-visit-unhs-space-science-center 91制片厂 welcomed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to campus for a visit June 27, shining a spotlight on 91制片厂鈥檚 leading heliophysics program and the continued strength of a partnership between the university and NASA that began more than 60 years ago. ]]> Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:30 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2023/07/nasa-administrator-sen-shaheen-visit-unhs-space-science-center /unhtoday/2023/06/unh-space-scientist-secures-four-research-grants-totaling-12m 91制片厂 will receive $1.2 million聽for its role in four research grants to study space energy transfer and to create 3D space visualizations. ]]> Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:45 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2023/06/unh-space-scientist-secures-four-research-grants-totaling-12m /unhtoday/2022/11/research-snapshot-northern-lights On a recent night above the Arctic circle in Norway, two rockets carrying equipment designed and built by 91制片厂 students and researchers streaked across the sky, cutting through the vivid green aurora 鈥� more commonly known as the Northern Lights. These skyward sensations are created when charged particles, such as聽electrons, interact with other particles in Earth鈥檚 magnetic fields. But not all aurora are the same: Some are dim, others are pulsating, and the rest are tall, thin and聽dance through the night sky. This NASA mission, called Aurora Current and Electrodynamics Structure II (ACES II), is focused on that last type, called arcs, which are narrow and tall, extending into the atmosphere a few hundred kilometers. Electrons in those arcs move in a continuous loop upward and downward in... ]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2022/11/research-snapshot-northern-lights /unhtoday/2022/10/greater-good A fellowship abroad helped Michael Coughlan hone his machine learning skills while improving the UK's home energy resilience.聽 ]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:45 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2022/10/greater-good /unhtoday/2022/09/physics-fellow 91制片厂 physics professor Nathan Schwadron has been elected to the prestigious 2022 Class of Fellows of the American Geophysical Union.聽 ]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:15 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2022/09/physics-fellow