High above Antarctica, two giant NASA balloons are being readied to drift along the edge of space, turning the polar sky into a laboratory for some of the hardest questions in physics. Instead of ...

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is back in Antarctica, launching two exciting balloon missions that aim to uncover some of ...

NASA plans two Antarctic balloon launches to study extreme cosmic particles, using stable polar winds and continuous sunlight ...

On September 28, the Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size for 2024, covering a total area of roughly 20 million square kilometers. While this was large enough to engulf the entire continent ...

In a display of nature's palette, NASA has released satellite imagery capturing colorful icebergs near the Amery Ice Shelf in east Antarctica. The vibrant blues, greens and even yellowish tones in the ...

The largest single-day size for the 2025 hole occurred on September 9, when it expanded to 8.83 million square miles (22.86 ...

This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from ...

A satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth recently captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers appear to be smoking. The wisps of "sea smoke" blowing ...