Antarctica

“All of astronomy since the dawn of time has been using light,” one researcher told Newsweek. “Now we want to see what the universe looks like in neutrinos.”

When the Pine Island Glacier melts, it could trigger even more ice to melt and raise global sea levels.

The results could transform scientists’ understanding of how low temperatures can go on the Earth’s surface.

As the U.S. and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere mark the summer solstice, Australia, Antarctica and others are in the middle of winter.

Knowing how much ice Antarctica is losing is critical to understanding how climate change will affect humanity both now and in the future.

“It’s so flat and white and boring in every direction but underneath you is a mountain range as big as the Pyrenees.”

They are some of the last unexplored parts on Earth; the largest is more than 200 miles long.

The Russian leader thinks foreign maps sometimes do not reflect the “historical and geographic truth” when it comes to his country.

Researchers want to study ocean biology, physics, temperatures and currents. But finding a shipwreck would be awesome.

More snowfall may sound like a positive sign, but it's not.

The first member of the flock to spy the recording object goes in for a close-up, before a friend tries to hijack his spot.

The Danger Islands are cold and treacherous, but dang if they don't have a ton of penguins.

The minke whale camera is part of an ongoing effort to better protect Antarctica’s whale feeding areas.

A new technique compiled hundreds of thousands of images over seven years.

The marine life has been covered by the Larsen C Ice Shelf for up to 120,000 years.

Satellite data over 25 years confirms what climate models had predicted.

Beneath the cavernous ice holds critical data.

Understanding ice shelves is key to projecting sea level rise.

The image was captured by NASA's Landsat 8 satellite.

The beast looks like Scotland's legendary Loch Ness Monster.

What does this mean for life beyond Earth?

“The secular science community has no viable answers to explain remarkable finds like these.”

Melting of the Aurora Basin in East Antarctica could cause 10 to 15 feet of sea level rise on its own.

The winner of this year's Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition depicts a strange yet beautiful scene in Antarctica.

The worst scenario would flood lands that are home to 236 million people.

The 700-foot tall, 300-mile-long wall has been protecting the Seven Kingdoms for thousands of years. Would it hold up on Earth?

The discovery opens up the tantalizing possibility that on other planets, life forms that need only atmospheric gas to survive exist, too.

The iceberg spanned over 100 square miles.

A strange pond in Antarctica that never freezes could be key to helping us understand water, and possible life, on Mars.

Images also help NASA work out what's going on beneath the ice.