Science & Tech

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is the 800-mile long backbone of the state’s energy infrastructure.

A charcoal tree found embedded in pumice could help scientists learn more about Alaska volcanoes.

Yesterday we brought you the first story in a two part series on the push for biomass energy in Southeast Alaska. Supporters believe wood biomass could be a solution to high energy and heating costs in the region, which continues to be dependent on fossil fuels. But fossil fuels are considered a dirty source of…

In renewable energy circles, biomass is a term that refers to plants or plant-made materials that can be burned to heat buildings or fuel power generation facilities.

Here’s a funny quirk of the modern age: It takes just seconds to pull up a bad sci-fi movie about invaders from the moon and watch it in HD. But actual communications between the Earth and moon are just as static-filled as they were back in the 1960s.

The folks at Juneau’s Alaska Robotics just sent us Alaskan artist Marian Call’s new video “Good Morning Moon.” The video features footage shot in the Netherlands at Space Expo Noordwijk, which she visited on her European Tour. The high-resolution time-lapse photography comes from the International Space Station and the archive footage was thanks to NASA.…

The budget negotiations in Washington are not front-page news on Mars. There, millions of miles away, NASA’s rovers continue to operate, taking photographs and collecting data as they prepare for the coming Martian winter.

Yesterday was the last day that the tsunami warning center in Palmer, Alaska will be the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

NOAA researchers recently captured this amazing photo of thousands of walruses on a beach in the Chukchi Sea.

One thing you can say about the diminutive speckled sea louse: it’s always on time.