What it saw near Pluto's equator has baffled scientists ever since: Giant spires of methane ice that stand as tall as a NYC skyscraper. "We asked ourselves why it forms all of those ridges as ...

Rising about 200 meters from the ocean bed, this curtain would partially block the influx of warm water that erodes the bases ...

The giant block is estimated to cover an area of roughly ... on Wednesday while passing over a region known as the Larsen C Ice Shelf. Scientists were expecting it. They'd been following the ...

The team, led by the British Antarctic Survey, was thwarted in its attempts to reach the massive block ... Antarctica's giant 'white wanderers' "We knew that getting through the sea-ice to reach ...