Mars appears red due to iron oxide, similar to rust and even human blood Probes reveal Mars is more tan or brown than red ...

Big islands mean big opportunities to find somewhere magical, all for yourself. To those who think the world has been “done”, ...

Scientists have spent decades scouring the Martian surface for any signs of life. Now, a photo snapped by NASA 's Curiosity ...

NASA released an “appetite-whetter” of a Pluto image Wednesday as the New Horizons spacecraft sped toward its July 14 closeup of the dwarf planet. Pluto is still a bit of a blob in photos ...

Today the Arctic is still a site of peril and promise. A new race to the North Pole is under way, as politicians dream of ...

In recent decades this territory 80 per cent of which is covered with ice has recorded a loss of frozen mass that outpaced previous estimates by 20 per cent.

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It's ...

Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

The polar ice caps are melting. And this has already led to an increase in the sea level. Between now and 2100, it is estimated that the sea level will rise anywhere from 1 foot up to 7 feet. But that ...

Pluto is still a bit of a blob in photos taken by the spacecraft’s ... But it revealed some features, including what could be a polar ice cap. “For now we can only say that it’s very ...

In addition, radar imaging from in orbit has created images of Mars' polar ice caps that extend down to the crust itself. This can provide information on how badly the shape of the area differs ...