a crew of private astronauts — or space tourists, depending on your perspective — report that the world's southernmost continent is indeed a vast expanse of snow and ice. "Hello, Antarctica ...

Penguins are tantamount to Antarctica ... space.” A team from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) monitored the satellite imagery to discover trails of brown poop left over by penguins in the ice.

Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ice loss. A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the thick ...

As such, they are familiar with the human presence there — on the ground — and were surprised when they could not see any sign of such from space. "Hello Antarctica," wrote Wang, the Fram2 ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...

The data also supports site selection for bedrock drilling, ice core extraction, and subglacial lake exploration. At Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, expedition members have continued space ...