While Wang has remained tight-lipped about the cost of this exclusive spaceflight, the experience itself is priceless.

SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never ...

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

A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles.

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals.

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Researchers comparing satellite measurements of the planet’s water with the wobble in its rotation identified a steady loss ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.