This May, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observed several strong Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). The solar flares created a massive solar storm, which resulted in auroras that were seen...
On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the UMBC 2024 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony was held in the University Center Ballroom, and it was available to view virtually. President Valerie...
At the 2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD), two students, who are supported by Brandon Burkholder's NASA MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) Early Career Grant, presented...
As part of their Engage series, the NASA Goddard Office of Communications recently presented "2024 Total Solar Eclipse." Scientists and outreach personnel provided a thorough overview of preparing...
Every month, NASA Goddard Association of Postdoctoral Scholars and Early Career Scientists (known as NGAPS+) selects four scientists to feature. For June 2023, Denny Oliveira (673/UMBC) is among...
"A new study, led by GPHI researcher Robert Leamon (UMBC) and co-authored by Daniel Marsh (NCAR), shows a correlation between the end of solar cycles and a switch to La Nina conditions in the...
Researcher Dennis Chornay played a pivotal role in building and testing a prototype technology demonstrator instrument for very high-resolution electron spectroscopy. This year, the manuscript...
Embarking on a new era of innovative research and teaching
The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST II) is prepared to embark on a new era of innovative research and teaching with the commitment of $87.5 million from...
Grants Designed to Promote the Commercialization of Research
Neel Savani, a researcher at UMBC’s Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute, (GPHI), is developing a system that can forecast solar storms up to 24 hours in advance, a huge improvement over the...