Asteroid Discovered Saturday Disintegrates Hours Later Over Southern Africa
A boulder-sized asteroid designated 2018 LA was discovered Saturday morning, June 2, and was determined to be on a collision course with Earth, with impact just hours away. Because it…
Cosmic Collision Lights up the Darkness
Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted galaxy is the relic of…
Help from Above: NASA Aids Kilauea Disaster Response
On May 3, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted from new fissures and sent lava flowing over streets and neighborhoods. As the disaster response on the ground lead…
ALMA and VLT Find Evidence for Stars Forming Just 250 Million Years After Big Bang
Astronomers have used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to determine that star formation in the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1 started at…
Jumbo Jet-Sized Asteroid Due to Whiz Past Planet on Tuesday Afternoon
The jumbo jet-sized asteroid 2010 WC9 is approaching the earth’s neighborhood and will zoom past getting as close as 126,000 miles from us on Tuesday at speeds estimated to be…
US and UK Join Forces to Understand how Quickly a Massive Antarctic Glacier could Collapse
The collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could significantly affect global sea levels. As part of a new $25 million research collaboration, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and…
BSSD Students Complete Windmill Challenge at ANSEP’s Middle School Academy
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is hosting 52 students from the Bering Strait School District at its April Middle School Academy. Aimed at developing an early…
Mount Cleveland Minor Eruption Reaches 22,000 Feet
The Alaska Volcano Observatory has reported an explosion and a small ash cloud emission from Mount Cleveland on the Aleutian Chain on Friday. The reported ash cloud reached an elevation…
