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Is This Icy “Mega” Meteorite Really From Outer Space?

Earlier today, Euronews reported an icy "mega meteorite" fall in a farmer's field in the Hrira region of Morocco. The…

9 years ago

Lighting Up Mercury’s Shadowy North Pole

Part of a stereographic projection of Mercury's north pole Talk about northern exposure! This is a section of a much…

9 years ago

NASA Satellite Sees Ghostly Remains of Vanishing Arctic Sea Ice

Sea ice swirls in ocean currents off the coast of Greenland (NASA/GSFC) Spooky spectral swirls of last season's sea ice…

9 years ago

Greenland Glacier Calves Another Huge Ice Island

Petermann glacier, a 70 km (43 mile) long tongue of ice that flows into the Arctic Ocean in northwest Greenland,…

9 years ago

Blue Marble 2012: The Arctic Edition

This latest portrait of Earth from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite puts the icy Arctic in the center, showing the ice…

9 years ago

Scientists Set Their Sights on Arctic Ice Loss

[/caption] NASA researchers have just completed science mission flights over Greenland and the surrounding seas, gathering data on ice distribution…

10 years ago

Enceladus On Display In Newest Images From Cassini

[/caption] The latest images are in from Saturn's very own personal paparazzi, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, fresh from its early morning…

10 years ago

Antarctica’s Ice Being Eaten Away From Below

Data collected from a NASA ice-watching satellite reveal that the vast ice shelves extending from the shores of  western Antarctica…

10 years ago

Ice Sculptures Fill The Deepest Parts of Mars

[/caption] One of the "weirdest and least understood" areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms…

10 years ago

Antarctica Gives NASA Satellite The Ol’ Frazil Dazzle

[/caption] Ghostly green tendrils drift out into Mackenzie Bay off the coast of eastern Antarctica in this image, acquired by…

10 years ago