The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

Discover the science behind the mesmerizing Northern and Southern Lights. Learn how solar particles interact with Earth's ...

The oldest fossil of an ancient sea reptile that wasn't thought to have existed near what is modern-day New Zealand until 40 million years later has been identified.

Large climate models have been running since the 1980s, simulating our home planet’s temperature and weather systems. Science, being the iterative process that it inherently is, has improved upon the ...

If you have the chance to travel to the Southern Hemisphere, be sure to check out some must-see highlights. I had the opportunity in 2019 to view the July 2 total solar eclipse in Chile, where I ...

When seen from space, Earth's hemispheres -- northern and southern -- appear equally bright. For years, the brightness symmetry between hemispheres remained a mystery. In a new study, researchers ...

When looking at the Earth from space, its hemispheres – northern and southern – appear equally bright. This is particularly unexpected because the Southern Hemisphere is mostly covered with ...

An enormous balloon spotted circling the Southern Hemisphere is actually SuperBIT, a NASA telescope that is capturing Hubble-quality data from the upper reaches of the atmosphere.