UNH Awarded Millions for Research

The University of New Hampshire has been awarded millions of dollars to develop sensors to monitor space weather that could affect technology on Earth.

The sensors will collect data on the solar wind and other radiation coming from the sun.

Solar flares and giant explosions called coronal mass ejections can send energetic particles toward Earth, triggering the beautiful northern lights but also jeopardizing technology in orbit and on the ground.

NASA has awarded UNH $24.3 million to build the sensors

The project is expected to take nine years to complete.