Alaska had one of its warmest years of the previous 100 in 2025, the Alaska Climate Research Center reports in its year-end summary. The Alaska Climate Research Center, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, released its 2025 summary in late January. The year was among the warmest years going back to 1925 in National Oceanic and […]
A second NASA sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday in a mission to study a form of northern lights known as black aurora. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute owns Poker Flat, located at Mile 30 Steese Highway, and operates it under a contract with NASA’s Wallops […]
A two-stage NASA sounding rocket shot skyward from Poker Flat Research Range at 4:20 a.m. Friday as part of a long-running project to learn more about aurora-produced nitric oxide in the upper atmosphere. Nitric oxide, a gas, can travel to lower atmospheric levels, where it can damage Earth’s protective ozone layer. The Polar Night Nitric […]
The 2025 Sparktacular fireworks display, originally scheduled for New Year’s Eve, is being postponed due to extreme cold temperatures and the likelihood of ice fog. Sparktacular will be rescheduled, but event sponsors have not identified a new date. Information about the new date will be shared on the UAF news website and UAF Facebook page, as well as […]