The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole" according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter ...

Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the area near the moon's south pole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

After a winter storm this weekend, the polar vortex will return, bringing subzero temperatures to around 80 million people ...

Forces in the Arctic are combining to push chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole into the United States, and also ...

The championship parade kicks off at 11 a.m. near the South Philadelphia stadium, moves north on Broad Street to City Hall ...

The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.