In a groundbreaking revelation, recent lunar samples brought back by China’s Chang’e 6 mission have confirmed a crucial piece ...

Plus, the wildlife in the oceans around the island could benefit massively over time from the disintegration of iceberg A23a. “Without ice, we wouldn’t have these ecosystems. They are some of the most ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

For Athena, it marks the commercial industry’s first foray to the south pole, and the main payload for NASA is the PRIME-1 drill, which stands for Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1.

But as the air and ocean around the South Pole have warmed over the past few decades, icebergs calve off faster and more often. The meltwater on top weakens the ice, and the warmer ocean makes the ...

The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a, has come to a halt near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, ...

The water surrounding Antarctica is called the Southern Ocean. It is near the South Pole. It is very cold and there are icebergs floating in the water, even in the summer. The Southern Ocean is ...

But as the air and ocean around the south pole have warmed over the past few decades, icebergs calve off faster and more often: the meltwater on top weakens the ice, and the warmer ocean makes the ...

The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early May 2024, landed in the vast South Pole-Aitken (SPA), and returned ... of the moon as a global liquid magma ocean in the early days after its formation ...