Researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The event, which occurred on 30 October 1207 BC, is mentioned in the Bible and could have consequences for the chronology of the ancient world. Using a combination of the biblical text and an ancient Egyptian text, the researchers were […]
Origin of gold confirmed after gravitational waves seen and heard for the first time by international researchers, with University of Warwick astronomers playing leading role Much-anticipated sighting of light from gravitational wave caused by two neutron stars – as heavy as our Sun – colliding 130 million light years away Collision created large amounts of […]
A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. Scientists suspected the 2015-16 El Nino — one of the largest on record — was responsible, but exactly how has been a subject of ongoing […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is partnering with the Northwest Arctic Borough School District to host 52 students from eight rural communities at its first Middle School Academy of the 2017-18 school year. Students arrived at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus this week, where they will live like college […]