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UNA Planetarium delves into mystery of Christmas sky

FLORENCE -- Have you ever gone outside and tried to find the Christmas Star on Christmas night? Is it the brightest star? Which direction...

UAH researchers to study how lightning in space relates to thunderstorm strengthening

HUNTSVILLE – Two researchers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville Earth System Science Center were recently awarded $402,000 from NASA's 2022 Research Opportunities...

Historic marker tells of Huntsville subdivision built during Space Race

HUNTSVILLE – McThornmor Acres, named by combining five men who incorporated the neighborhood that at the time became Huntsville’s largest subdivision in west Huntsville,...

UNA selected to Alabama Space Grant Consortium

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama has been selected to be part of the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, a collaboration that will provide...

UAH researchers’ study could lead to propulsion breakthroughs

HUNTSVILLE – Two researchers in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have won a grant totaling $457,963 to study...

ULA sets Christmas Eve for Vulcan Centaur launch

LAS VEGAS — Apparently, Santa Claus may not be the only one flying around South Florida on Christmas Eve. United Launch Alliance announced Tuesday it...

UAH researchers helping solve 60-year-old solar mystery

HUNTSVILLE – Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have supported a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve a 60-year-old cosmic mystery. The ...

A&M, UAH, UNA, Auburn to compete in NASA Rover Challenge

HUNTSVILLE -- Alabama A&M, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the University of North Alabama and Auburn are among 42 college teams to compete...

NASA ‘Psyched’ about mission to metal-rich asteroid

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could...

Life in space? Bennu asteroid sample contains carbon, water

HOUSTON -- The sample of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid has evidence of carbon and water, NASA announced today. Initial studies of the sample from the...