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First Solar eclipse of 2026 blazes a 'ring of fire'
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3-D Secrets of the “Gravity Hole” Under Antarctica
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See the moon's shadow darken Antarctica in epic satellite imagery of the Feb. 17 solar eclipse (video)
Plus NOAA's GOES-19 satellite spies the lunar disk crossing the face of our parent star.
Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.
Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth — is already ingesting microplastics in the wild.
A video is spreading on social media with claims that Elon Musk's Starlink internet service enabled a livestreamer to show Antarctica's "legendary 'ice wall'" -- a reference to the debunked flat-Earth conspiracy theory.
Although Earth is approximately spherical, its gravity field doesn't adhere to the same geometry. In visualizations, it more closely resembles a potato, with bumps and divots. One of the strongest of these depressions – where the gravity field is weaker ...
Researchers want to understand how the continent transformed from a temperate landmass into a frozen environment over millions of years.
Scientists have uncovered the origins of Antarctica's mysterious “gravity hole”. A vast anomaly where sea levels sit dramatically lower than the global average. Scientists say this is linked to ancient tectonic shifts deep inside Earth,
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1700-foot record-breaking Antarctica drill retrieves longest-ever sediment core
An international research team has achieved a scientific milestone by recovering a 228-meter-long sediment