Arctic Passages. By Kieran Mulvaney. Island Press; 240 pages; $30 and £24. Ends of the Earth. By Neil Shubin. Dutton; 288 ...

In a daring maneuver, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA mission swooped below the solar system’s planetary plane to capture the sun’s elusive south pole. The spacecraft dipped 15 degrees ...

Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.

He's only days into his attempt to reach the North Pole-and things look as grim as they've ever been. Plaisted and his team of amateur explorers have endured fuel shortages, howling storms, and ...

After scientists reported a brief but notable uptick in ice mass in Antarctica, climate skeptics utilized the data to claim ...

Sea Ice Trends Also Changed Antarctica’s sea ice cover had grown moderately until 2015 but started declining sharply from 2016. The recent gain in ice sheet mass is not related to sea ice, which is ...

The lander touched down at the edge of the Moon's south pole ... to gain a comprehensive picture, he added. "Techniques and strategies need to be developed for extraction and usage of ice for ...

The lander touched down at the edge of the Moon's south pole region ... are needed to gain a comprehensive picture, he added. "Techniques and strategies need to be developed for extraction and usage ...

Besides taking soil samples, the rover will hunt for water ice, or frozen water inside the shadows of south pole craters. Water ice on the moon – discovered by NASA and India – is the holy ...

A 21-year-old trailblazer has set a new world record by becoming the youngest person to ski solo to the South Pole. Karen Kyllesø ... weight by 10 per cent to gain the strength necessary for ...

A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to reach the South ... reach the pole. In a November interview with adventure company Shackleton, Kylleso said that "gaining weight ...

From 2005 to 2010, the PMEL researchers took their acoustic survey to the area around the Drake Passage, between the tip of South America ... the yearly average of ice extent began to decline rapidly.