ESA has just released the first-ever images taken of the Sun's south pole, as seen this year by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

Using satellite images to survey colonies across the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea, BAS ...

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving process' was captured by satellites. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

A new analysis of the ancient DNA of 42 people from Papua New Guinea reveals that some cultures were remarkably isolated for ...

An artist’s rendering of the Titanic hitting the iceberg, though the actual collision was likely more glancing. Captain Edward J. Smith (right) is shown here with the Titanic’s purser ...

According to Live Science, the breakup of iceberg A23a, which is visible via satellite, could have damaging effects on fragile marine ecosystems. A23a is currently the largest iceberg in the world, ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out before sunrise and face east. There, you’ll spot Venus, sometimes called Earth’s sister planet. You won’t ...

Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

With so many satellites in orbit, many are concerned about the impact this could have on space debris and astronomy. Radio astronomy, which observes extremely faint emissions from astronomical ...

One of the largest icebergs ever recorded -- measuring about the size of Delaware and containing a volume of ice twice the size of Lake Erie -- has broken free from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in ...

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away ...

This week, Mike reflects on a question from a student about the purpose in science and astronomy. Astronomy has contributed to many of our modern innovations and technologies that we use every day.