Endless blinding white ice as far as the eye can see. This is the common scene from the window of…
Could this meteorite show evidence of ancient water and life on Mars? That's one possibility raised in a new paper…
Antarctica's sea ice is creeping further out in the ocean! New data from a Japanese satellite shows that sea ice…
Some day, human explorers will land a spacecraft on the surface of Europa, Enceladus, Titan, or some other icy world…
Although it sits isolated at the "bottom of the world" Antarctica is one of the most influential continents on Earth,…
Super-TIGER prepares for launch from Antarctica. NASA's Super-TIGER science balloon landed Friday at a frigid and remote base in Antarctica…
The new geographic South Pole marker that stands at 90º S latitude. (Credit: Jeffrey Donenfeld) Because the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station…
ESA's Proba-1 satellite imaged the French-Italian Concordia base on November 21, 2012 (ESA) Located in one of the loneliest locations on…
Lake Vida lies within one of Antarctica's cold, arid McMurdo Dry Valleys (Photo: Desert Research Institute) Even inside an almost…
Emperor Penguins on the Antarctic Sea Ice Under the Aurora Australis. Credit and copyright: Stefan Christmann. Used by permission. Photographer…