Archaeologists Piece Together how Crew Survived 1813 Shipwreck in Alaska

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Archaeologists Piece Together how Crew Survived 1813 Shipwreck in Alaska

Working closely with the U.S. Forest Service and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, an international team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation has begun to piece together an archaeological and historical narrative of how the crew of the wrecked 19th century Russian-American Company sailing ship Neva survived the harsh subarctic winter. “The items […]

Planet-Sized ‘Virtual Telescope’ Expands to the South Pole to Observe Black Holes in Detail

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Planet-Sized ‘Virtual Telescope’ Expands to the South Pole to Observe Black Holes in Detail

Astronomers building a globe-spanning virtual telescope capable of photographing the “event horizon” of the black hole at the center of our Milky Way have extended their instrument to incorporate the South Pole Telescope (SPT), a 280-ton radio telescope located at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. Dan Marrone, an assistant […]

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