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

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

SpaceX launched four people to orbit over both the North and South poles on Monday night, marking the first time humans have ever flown such a mission. The launch went off without a hitch as the ...

A privately funded crew will launch on a SpaceX rocket next week on a mission to orbit Earth's poles - something that has ...

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.

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

Earth's Northern Lights typically dance near the poles, but 41,000 years ago, they lit up skies over North Africa and ...

Didi joined Newsweek after a stint at think tanks in Germany and Prague and following two decades of reporting at the New York Times, the Associated Press and the South China Morning Post ...

A strong geomagnetic storm means the Northern Lights could be visible north of Chicago near the Illinois-Wisconsin border and ...

As ice sheets melt and ocean mass gets redistributed around the planet, Earth's geographic North and South poles could shift up to 89 feet (27 meters) by 2100 as the planet's axis of rotation ...