Research

Research
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The Space Science Center fosters research and graduate education in all of the space sciences with studies ranging from the ionosphere to the Earth's magnetosphere, the local solar system, and out to the farthest reaches of the universe.

Investigations of the Earth's environment in the solar system look at space as a laboratory for plasma physics. We conduct theoretical and satellite investigations of the solar-terrestrial radiation environment. High energy astrophysics investigations involve the sensing of energetic astrophysical objects with ground, balloon, and satellite detectors.

Our Research Groups

A scientific balloon is inflated carrying a small box in the upper atmosphere with the Earth way below.
Image of coronal mass ejection on the surface of the sun.
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Green and blue northern lights light up the night sky with dark trees in the background.
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An artist's rendering of the sun, with solar eruptions coming off the surface and a grid drawn nearby.