In April 2012, SPACE.com reporter Mike Wall joined a team of scientists searching for auroras in the chilly reaches of Alaska. Join Mike on his trip with this photo journal, which begins - like ...

In a remote corner of southeastern Alaska, two glaciers are retreating at a rapid pace. The Novatak and East Novatak glaciers in the Brabazon Range have retreated by 0.6 miles (1 kilometers) and 1 ...

A closer view from May 9 shows a more detailed look at a phytoplankton bloom near the Prince William Sound. A phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Alaska on May 9, 2014. (Image credit: NASA images ...

From steaming volcanoes to sparkling lakes, almost all of Alaska's marvelous landscapes simmered under hours and hours of sunlight Monday, as seen by a NASA satellite. A scorching Alaskan heat ...

Their dams change Alaska's lakes and rivers so much you can see it from space. ... Photos from space show 11,000 beavers are wreaking havoc on the Alaskan tundra as savagely as wildfire.

Rare Clear View of Alaska. On most days, relentless rivers of clouds wash over Alaska, obscuring most of the state's 6,640 miles (10,690 kilometers) of coastline and 586,000 square miles ...

At 600 million pixels, the stunning composite of the Cygnus Loop is one of the largest astronomical images ever created.

See the northern lights of Alaska through the lens of SPACE.com reporter Mike Wall during Project Aether: ... a Reporter's-Eye View. News. ... Space photo of the day for June 9, 2025.

Compared with a vintage satellite photo of the region, an image taken from space last year reveals just how much the glaciers have shrunk over the past 26 years.