This striking satellite photo shows off the unique shape of Antarctica's "Deception Island" — a semi-submerged, active volcanic caldera created by one of the region's largest known eruptions, which ...

This is not good news for the future of our planet.

After becoming the first humans to fly over the Earth's poles in space, a crew of private astronauts — or space tourists, depending on your perspective — report that the world's southernmost continent ...

Space2Sea Antarctica marks the inaugural voyage in a series produced by FUTURE of SPACE (FoS). This innovative journey blends Earth's uncharted territories with the inspiring narrative of human ...

A time-lapse view of Antarctica & the moon can be seen in footage captured by the Meteosat-11 satellite. Credit: Simon Proud ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great ...

A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica's massive glaciers are ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

Scientists investigating anomalous cosmic radio signals turned to the world's largest detector, but instead of answers they ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In the depths of the Antarctic winter, expeditioners at Australia's research bases might as well be on the moon. Or on their way to Mars. "When you are in Antarctica you know you ...

In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 times ...