A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down ...

The first leg of their flight — from Florida to the South Pole — took barely ... Until now, no space traveler had ventured beyond 65 degrees north and south latitude, just shy of the Arctic ...

The flight is due to take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on a unique path ... white aurora and associated fragments in the North Pole's Northern Lights that have the ability to disrupt ...

The North Pole ... first ice-free month, we want to be prepared." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that sea ice's light color causes it to reflect more light into space.

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida.

A group of astronauts whizzing around Earth from orbit are getting some pretty spectacular views of our planet's poles – and SpaceX is sharing a look.

According to the plan, after the expedition enters ice-free waters of the Greenland Sea, the North Pole self-propelled ice-resistant platform will sail to Murmansk. "The North Pole-41 pole station ...

SPACE (KXAN ... will see 24 hours of darkness while passing over the South Pole and 24 hours of daylight while passing over the North Pole. The crew will also witness atmospheric phenomena ...