Science & Tech

Peter Delamere, space physicist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute, hopes to learn more about Pluto’s possible atmosphere by studying its interactions with particles from the solar wind.

New research paints an unsettling picture of the future of shellfish in coastal Alaska. The effects of ocean acidification are worsening and could mean the end of hatcheries in the next 25 years if costly mitigation efforts aren’t put in place.

Dial-up Internet access is a distant memory for most of us. But slow connections to the web are still a fact of life in much of the far north.

After a string of launch failures, NASA says astronauts have just four months of supplies left. A Russian rocket launching early Friday could provide relief.

This was the second glacial outburst this month from the Mendenhall Glacier.

Water held under pressure by permafrost can be a problem if we try to use it.