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An icy new map of Antarctica could help direct the search for alien life The Bedmap3 survey is bringing the polar continent into focus, which could help detect life on icy moons ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' worth of technology to take a peek.

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice removed.

The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and deepest canyons. Notably, data revisions show the thickest ice is found in ...

The new map comes as Antarctica is losing ice mass at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year.

Antarctica has always been a place of mystery, with its icy surface concealing an entire world beneath. Scientists have long sought to understand what lies below the vast ice sheet and, now, a new map ...