Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan Hills, ...

Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These helium balloons can loft ...

Antarctica has lost nearly 5,000 square miles of "grounded ice" in 30 years, as warming ocean waters drive retreat in vulnerable regions, a new study finds.

Astrobiologist Dale Andersen headed back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of ...

Antarctica, the planet's largest repository of meteorites, is beginning to hide them under the ice due to global warming.

For most of us, Antarctica is a frozen white desert that is mysterious, remote and almost unfathomably cold. However, a groundbreaking new scientific map, published in Science in January 2026, is now ...

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