Ceirra Pipher turned 29 on a photography expedition aboard a sailboat at the southernmost spot in the world ...

The National Science Foundation's massive IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole just got a major new upgrade, which promises to take the search for "ghost particles" to a new level.

Known unofficially as “military penguins,” a small but growing contingent of men have served on Ukraine's far-flung Antarctic ...

A football-field-sized balloon drifting above the Ross Ice Shelf has just turned Antarctica into one of the most ambitious listening posts in modern astrophysics. Over 23 days aloft, a University of ...

It was colder in New York than the Antarctic over the weekend as frigid air continues to billow down from the North, bringing ...

The South Pole is significantly colder than the North Pole due to its higher elevation and landmass, which is less influenced by ocean currents and temperatures.

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known ...

As Trump pulls back from regulations on climate change, many scientists remain worried about the warming of the oceans, ...

The Discovery Building features a wind deflector that prevents snow from piling up next to the building. It could change how ...

The moon will pass directly in front of the sun on Feb. 17, setting the stage for a dramatic annular solar eclipse.

Scientists have now proposed a wacky plan to prevent the so-called 'Doomsday Glacier' from crumbling.