A wealthy space tourist and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...

The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized ...

Dragon and the crew will launch to a 90° circular orbit from Florida, and travel to ~440 km above Earth to explore the polar regions of our planet": SpaceX ...

The left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic Ice Sheet as of March 15, 2025. The middle map is a close up of the Antarctic Peninsula through the same time frame. The graph shows the daily ...

A groundbreaking map revealing Antarctica’s concealed landscape beneath its vast ice cover has been introduced by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Named Bedmap3, this latest dataset provides ...

A geologist returning from SANAE IV base in Antarctica revealed severe psychological challenges among crew members, including violent incidents and threats. With extreme conditions and total ...

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to climate change, say the scientists behind the project. The map, called ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Nine South African scientists at SANAE IV in Antarctica face escalating threats from a colleague accused of harassment and violence. The station's isolation complicates safety measures, raising ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences. As Totten Glacier oozes off the ...

The discovery of fragments of an ancient continent deep beneath the surface of Antarctica has left scientists shocked. The data that revealed the continent has been collected from a gravity-mapping ...