An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research.

After more than two decades of service in orbit, the International Space Station (ISS) is heading toward a dramatic end. By ...

Ice cores from Antarctica reveal "snapshots" from 6 million years of Earth's climatic history. Antarctica is far more than just a bucket-list destination for travelers and a home for penguins. It's a ...

Cover Images/Zuma Press/dpa NASA's Aqua satellite shows an iceberg with the designation A23a heading towards the island of ...

A social media page that frequently posts fabricated stories about alien life shared another outlandish tale about alien robot spiders in Antarctica.

Beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface lies a hidden world that could change how we see our planet. If the vast white expanse of Antarctica were to lose its frozen shell, an astonishingly rugged and ...

Don't save any confetti for a semicentennial celebration, however — the ISS is in its home stretch. NASA and its partners ...

As the map shows, the naked land beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is a rugged land, covered in mountain ranges, gorges, and jagged terrain. Remarkably, one part of the bed found under the Byrd Glacier ...

The bacteria enter a dormant state under nutrient starvation and desiccation. This ability allows it to survive the harsh conditions in the clean room. And what’s concerning is that once they enter ...

The survival of ice shelves, which play a crucial role in sea level rise, will depend on the level of greenhouse gas ...

From historic Everest summits to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research, National Geographic magazine and its famed covers have ...