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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...

‘Ring of fire’: UNA Planetarium to host eclipse viewing

FLORENCE – A "ring of fire" will appear in the sky Saturday morning as an annular eclipse of the sun will be visible in...