Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

The study challenges a long-held assumption. Researchers issue warning on concerning phenomenon discovered in Antarctica: 'A ...

The mission — known as Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations, or PUEO — lifted off Dec. 20, 2025, from NASA’s launch ...

PUEO is designed to study tiny particles called neutrinos that travel through space at extremely high energies. When these ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

A glacier in Antarctica about the size of Philadelphia lost half of its entire mass in just two months, according to a shocking new study. The alarming discovery of the Hektoria Glacier's stunning ...

Scientists have produced the most comprehensive map ever created of the terrain concealed beneath Antarctica's enormous ice ...

Data from ESA's Cryosat-2 satellite has revealed 85 never-before-seen, active subglacial lakes buried beneath Antarctica's ice — 58% more than were previously known. When you purchase through links on ...