Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole
Researchers have discovered mountain ranges and three huge, deep subglacial valleys from data collected during the first modern aerogeophysical survey of the South Pole region.
May 25, 2018
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Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter's poles
Jupiter's poles are blanketed by geometric clusters of cyclones and its atmosphere is deeper than scientists suspected.
Image: Antarctic research base Concordia
The Franco-Italian Antarctic research base of Concordia sits 1670 km from the South Pole. On the plateau some 3200 m high, the air is so thin that inhabitants live in a permanent state of hypoxia – lack of oxygen. The closest ...
The IMAGE satellite's stunning return
One-sixty-six, where are you? Oh, there you are.
Work among the penguins? France is looking for candidates
Fancy a job at the North or South Pole? A French research institute is looking for you.
Image: Jupiter's swirling south pole
This image of Jupiter's swirling south polar region was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it neared completion of its tenth close flyby of the gas giant planet.
NASA scientists embark on extreme Antarctic trek
In temperatures that can drop below -20 degrees Fahrenheit, along a route occasionally blocked by wind-driven ice dunes, a hundred miles from any other people, a team led by two NASA scientists will survey an unexplored stretch ...
ALMA finds massive primordial galaxies swimming in vast ocean of dark matter
Astronomers expect that the first galaxies, those that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, would share many similarities with some of the dwarf galaxies we see in the nearby universe today. These early ...
Heating ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years
Enough heat to power hydrothermal activity inside Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years could be generated through tidal friction if the moon has a highly porous core, a new study finds, working in favour of ...
IceBridge launches two sets of antarctic flights
Scientists with NASA's longest-running airborne mission to map polar ice, Operation IceBridge, completed a successful science flight on Oct. 29, inaugurating their 2017 survey of Antarctic sea and land ice. For the first ...
