NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 11:04 p.m. EST on Sunday, Jan. 8, after almost four decades in space. For 21 of its years in orbit, the ERBS actively investigated how the Earth absorbed and radiated energy from the Sun, and made measurements of stratospheric ozone, water vapor, nitrogen dioxide, […]
Just minutes after midnight on Sunday morning a woman called 911 and reported to Alaska State Troopers that she had been sexually assaulted. She told AST that she had been assaulted by Terry Tomlinson age 55, of Palmer, while in his vehicle. AST patrol officers immediately responded and conducted a preliminary investigation that resulted in […]
Study links very dry and very humid indoor environments with worse COVID-19 outcome Proper indoor ventilation is key to reducing the spread of COVID-19. Now, a study by MIT researchers finds that indoor relative humidity may also influence transmission of the virus. Relative humidity is the amount of moisture in the air compared to the total moisture […]
The proposal has little chance of passing in the Senate, but could be used as leverage by the GOP later this year when Congress is expected to debate raising the debt ceiling. Soon after the U.S. House reconvenes Monday to vote on the rules package containing many of the concessions House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made […]