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A four-stage NASA sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range on Nov. 9, 2023. The rocket was carrying instruments for the Beam-Plasma Interactions Experiment. NASA photo by Lee Wingfield.

Second NASA sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range

Geophysical Institute
November 9, 2023
The second NASA sounding rocket of the season headed into Earth’s upper atmosphere from Poker Flat Research Range shortly after midnight Thursday...
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A sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range on Nov. 8, 2023, carrying NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Dissipation mission. NASA photo by Rachel Lense.

First NASA rocket of season flies high out of Poker Flat Research Range

Geophysical Institute
November 8, 2023
A two-stage NASA sounding rocket flew skyward shortly after midnight Wednesday carrying science instruments to gather data about the solar wind’s...
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Serina Wesen of the Geophysical Institute teaches a small group of students about glaciers and how they formed the surrounding valley and Portage Lake. Photo courtesy KMTA.

GI helps young hands and eyes get a taste of science in the outdoors

Geophysical Institute
November 7, 2023
Fifth graders, sleeping bags, campfires, s’mores. And science. It all rolled in together, along with much more, in a NASA-supported education...
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Principal investigator Mehdi Benna stands by the rocket assembled for his experiment. Photo by Danielle Johnson/NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Two launches to mark start of Poker Flat rocket range season

Geophysical Institute
November 3, 2023
Testing a theory about cleaning up after a nuclear detonation in space and learning more about winds at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere are the...
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HAARP’s Ionospheric Research Instrument is a phased array of 180 high-frequency antennas spread across 33 acres. UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta.

HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska

Geophysical Institute
November 2, 2023
Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a...
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The Greenland Ice Sheet, shown here in June 2017, contains approximately 700,000 cubic miles of ice that would raise the global sea level by about 24 feet if it were to melt completely. Photo courtesy of NASA.

UAF scientists receive grant to improve study of rising sea levels

Geophysical Institute
October 31, 2023
A $638,000 National Science Foundation grant to two University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers aims to accelerate innovative ways of studying...
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The Elvey Building, center, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is home to the Geophysical Institute. Photo by JR Ancheta.

Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowships application period now open

Geophysical Institute
October 30, 2023
The application period for two new Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowships at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is now...
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This illustration shows the interaction between the sun and Earth. NASA illustration.

UAF scientist to aid NASA’s space weather forecasting

Geophysical Institute
October 27, 2023
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist will have a role in a new NASA center that aims to greatly improve space weather forecasting and...
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The map shows the worst-case flooding scenario for upper Cook Inlet, based on numerical modeling. Image courtesy of Elena Suleimani, Alaska Earthquake Center; Barrett Salisbury, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys; Dmitry Nicolsky, UAF Geophysical Institute

Upper Cook Inlet community meetings will address tsunami hazard

Geophysical Institute
October 16, 2023
In a series of community meetings to be held Oct. 17–20, scientists and local emergency managers will answer questions about a new report of...
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