Planets with volcanic activity are considered better candidates for life than worlds without such heated internal goings-on. Now, graduate students at the University of Washington have found a way to detect volcanic activity in the atmospheres of exoplanets, or those outside our solar system, when they transit, or pass in front of their host stars. […]
An Anchorage man received a sentence of three life sentences in federal court it was announced today by U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler. 40-year-old Anchorage man Stuart T. Seugasala, also known as “Tone,” received three life sentences for his January convictions for drug trafficking conspiracy and two kidnapping charges. United States District Court Judge Ralph Beistline […]
A chemical signature recorded on the ear bones of Chinook salmon from Alaska’s Bristol Bay region could tell scientists and resource managers where they are born and how they spend their first year of life. This bone, called an otolith, accumulates layers as a fish grows, similar to trees. These “growth rings” are produced throughout […]
The twelve-man jury, made up of seven women and five men, who found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of terrorism and other charges, began the deliberation as to his fate for those crimes on Wednesday. Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 counts, of which, 17 counts are eligible for the death penalty. It is up to the jury […]