People have always been attracted to stars and have long yearned to escape Earth’s atmosphere and discover the vast grandeur of space. When rockets that could defy gravity and attain orbital velocity ...

New map reveals 332 Antarctic submarine canyons, five times more than before by University of Barcelona edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

Canadian scientists recently led their first Antarctic research expedition, using Montreal-made Arrow Gold+ GNSS technology for precise location data in remote and challenging conditions. The mission, ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing Earth’s climate.

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' worth of technology to take a peek.

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice removed.

In a newly published study, a group of scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey have unveiled the most detailed map to date of the landscape hidden deep below Antarctica’s ice. See it for ...

The new map comes as Antarctica is losing ice mass at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year.

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.