Female emperor penguins lay a single pear-shaped egg early in the Antarctic winter when temperatures can dip to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit and winds can reach hurricane force. Needing to ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has shared a mesmerizing view of an aurora on Earth Day. Ayers, who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on her first orbital mission last month ...

Two droplet-shaped wind turbines spin in front of China's Qinling station in Antarctica. [Photo/China Daily] A clean energy system tailored for polar conditions has been put into operation in ...

For the first time, scientists have directly observed the melting underside of an Antarctic ice shelf, Earth.com reported. An international team sent an unmanned craft beneath the Dotson ice shelf to ...

AURORA, Colo. — Westbound lanes of Interstate 70 reopened in Aurora after a rollover crash Saturday morning. Aurora Police said at 8 a.m. that officers were on the scene of the two-vehicle crash ...

(Photo by Patrick ... More Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Saturday night’s aurora borealis forecast has a Kp index of 3, a measure of strength on a scale of 0 to 9, indicating “more ...

Fairuz Ishraque, a Bangladeshi scientist, recently journeyed to the icy continent of Antarctica, where he spent 69 days conducting research in the Allan Hills, a notable group of hills in the region.

One of the most unusual Easter eggs in the collection is a penguin egg brought back from Antarctica. Although it was already painted in Poland, the mere fact of having such a rare exhibit is unique.

AURORA, Colo. — A soccer coach with an active green card living in Colorado who was detained Thursday by Customs and Border Protection officers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...

Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing ...