Using the ROentgen SATellite (ROSAT), astronomers have discovered a new cataclysmic variable system of the polar subtype. The ...

A cold shower can range from 50 to 60 degrees (cold tap water is ~55°F, may be slightly colder in the winter), a polar plunge in icy water can reach temperatures just above freezing 35–40°F ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Polar bears are the ultimate survivors of the Arctic, thriving in temperatures as low ...

Humanity's oldest and longest-running climate experiment, the International Polar Year (IPY), will run for the fifth time in history next decade, with IPY-5 planned for 2032–2033. IPY-5 could be ...

Lisa Muscat carries her dog Zoey to safety after a water main break in Detroit caused massive flooding, triggering evacuations, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (Andy Morrison/Detroit News via AP) 36,706 ...

Churchill, Canada — Here on the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the ...

It’s really, really cold again — as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the ...

Heavy snow falls as a person walks along U.S. Route 42 in Florence, Ky., Monday, Jan. (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From reproductive ...

Sunday marked the 2025 Polar Plunge Chicago, benefiting Special Olympics Illinois and Special Children's Charities. ABC7 meteorologist Jaisol Martinez said the water temperature was in the mid-30s.

The National Science Foundation has fired workers at the office that manages polar research, raising fears about a reduced U.S. presence in two strategic regions. By Raymond Zhong Kelly Brunt wasn ...

The Met Office says the UK is highly likely to see a polar vortex collapse in March - the weather phenomenon responsible for 2018’s ‘Beast from the East’. A sudden stratospheric warming (SSW ...