In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...

The mission was so remote that often the closest humans to the vessel were on the International Space Station.

Scientists have discovered "ice piracy" in Antarctica, where glaciers are stealing ice from their neighbors at an alarming ...

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

In his Google Street View car, McCallen has driven 100,000 miles in three years, patrolling Midwest and East Coast roads. He ...

Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the red ...

Using a global network of smaller telescopes stretching from Hawaii to even Antarctica–a.k.a. the ... I’ll be honest: Gravitational waves might as well be ocean waves in my book.

Obtain daily sea ice extent values, ranges, and median values for the Arctic or the Antarctic. Analyze monthly-averaged or daily sea ice extent and concentration via interactive maps. Plot monthly ice ...

Female emperor penguins lay a single pear-shaped egg early in the Antarctic winter when temperatures can dip to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit and winds can reach hurricane force. Needing to ...

Chile’s Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA) estimated that waves will reach bases in Antarctica and cities in Chile’s extreme south in the coming hours. Chile’s Antarctic institute ...

Chile's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA) estimated that waves will reach bases in Antarctica and cities in Chile's extreme south in the coming hours. Chile's Antarctic institute ...