SpaceX has successfully launched the Fram2 private crewed mission on March 31 at 9:46 PM Eastern time on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. Fram2 is the first human spaceflight to explore the Earth's polar ...

New satellite records capture how polar ice sheets slide toward the sea, helping scientists better understand ice loss and ...

The Earth’s magnetic field serves multiple crucial functions, ranging from protecting our planet against solar wind and cosmic radiation to facilitating animal migration patterns and supporting human ...

A private space mission operated by SpaceX will become the first crewed voyage designed specifically to explore Earth’s polar regions. The mission — called Fram2 after the ship that helped explorers ...

A gripping account of polar exploration written by a scientist who has devoted his entire career to identifying the growing environmental threats to these regions in an increasingly warming world.

NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica.Related video above: NASA announces new launch date of Starliner's first ...

A new study reported on by the Guardian has confirmed what climate scientists have feared for years: Earth's glaciers are melting at a record-breaking pace. Glaciers worldwide are vanishing at an ...

Vast, yet remote; frigid, yet teeming with life; stark and barren, yet serenely beautiful—these are just a few of the contradictions of Earth’s polar regions. Within their frozen confines lie secrets ...