A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...

Dragon and the crew will launch to a 90° circular orbit from Florida, and travel to ~440 km above Earth to explore the polar regions of our planet": SpaceX ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

“Most of this Continent is completely unknown and unexplored,” notes this map of Antarctica from the 1956 Oxford School Atlas. Credit: Oxford School Atlas Antarctica remained largely ...

Why our climate future depends on Antarctica Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent plays a key role in stabilizing Earth’s climate. By Chris Rapley | Published: April 1, 2025 ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...

Back in January, a massive chunk of ice the size of Chicago broke off from an ice sheet on Antarctica’s coast. Exploring the waters this oversized block of ice once covered, scientists found — to ...

The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized ...

Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist and tech founder, will become the first person of Bahamian heritage to travel to ...