The study, published in March in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, says the dramatic ice melt would redistribute the ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

A group of astronauts whizzing around Earth from orbit are getting some pretty spectacular views of our planet's poles – and SpaceX is sharing a look. Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company, which ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

The Fram2 crew will be the first people to observe the polar regions from low Earth orbit, and they'll work on experiments and projects designed to forward our understanding of long-duration ...

Fram2 will send four people from four different nations to low Earth orbit for three to five days. Those crewmembers — all of them spaceflight rookies — are mission commander Chun Wang of Malta, ...

Four private astronauts lifted off from Florida on Monday on the Fram2 mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole.

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

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four international astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida. Financed and led by cryptocurrency ...

This will be the first human spaceflight to orbit the poles. Flying to a 90-degree circular orbit on a never-before-seen ...