As Erling Kagge relates in his thrilling book, The North Pole, the world’s northernmost point has been a lifelong and nearly ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

More states in the northern U.S. will have a chance of seeing aurora borealis on Friday, as high-speed winds from a spot on ...

Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move—and in surprising ways. With the release of the World Magnetic Model 2025, ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

Satellite data shows the Earth’s frozen oceans have less ice than ever recorded before.The ice in the Arctic and Antarctic ...

Recent footage from the International Space Station (ISS) has revealed what the aurora borealis looks like from space.

Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

A "polar vortex" is bringing intense cold and heavy snow to large swaths of the US and Canada. How is this winter weather ...

China has begun recruiting for a planetary defense force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...