Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

Entrepreneur and adventurer Chun Wang, a private astronaut, shared a video that shows the unmatched beauty of Antarctica from ...

But from 260 miles above in space, he saw no trace of humanity — just desolation: a seemingly endless view of pure white ice.

Video. The mission is expected to last between three and five days, with the crew orbiting Earth multiple times from the ...

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one ...

Four private astronauts aboard SpaceX's Fram2 mission have accomplished a rare achievement, flying around the Earth from pole ...

"There is less co-operation now in both [the North ... Station in Antarctica on November 11, 2016. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) Even Iran has shown interest in the southern pole region.

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters... Here's how tourists are solving a plankton ...

"There is less co-operation now in both [the North and South] poles ... General view of the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica on November 11, 2016. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) Even Iran has shown ...