Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and ...

An armed forces veteran is spending Christmas more than 10,000 miles away from home in one of the planet's most challenging ...

NASA's first scientific balloon flight of the 2025 Antarctica Balloon Campaign lifted off from the agency's Antarctic ...

Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth, teems with life. For tourists who make it this far south, the experience ...

A scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on December 15, with significant ...

About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The ...

Antarctica’s harsh, icy environment is home to a surprising array of wildlife, from iconic penguins to seals and tiny yet ...

Living on an Antarctica cruise ship is nothing like a typical voyage. The vessel operates as both transportation and survival ...

Dexter shared that whenever the penguins waddle by, the team pauses the science for a few minutes of fun. On their way back ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting midge, on the other hand, has only a soft shell to shield itself—but that ...

Eric Pōmaikaʻi Gee, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sophomore, Waikōloa native and graduate of Kealakehe High School on the ...