The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will use the Antarctica’s frigid, harsh, isolated landscape to test a new architecture for astronaut ...

WASHINGTON — NASA, the National Science Foundation and ILC Dover invite the news media to view an Antarctic-bound inflatable habitat at 10 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 14, at ILC’s facility at One ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- It's hard to imagine how emperor penguins project such an aura of calm and dignity, with everything happening around them. The birds were recently listed as endangered by U.S ...

A study into the impact of global warming on the biodiversity of the Antarctic has identified how predicted expansion of ice-free areas will impact native animals and plants, paving the way for the ...

NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education have selected the winner of the Antarctic habitat naming contest. The name “Resolution” took top honors in the “Name that Habitat” ...

Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the ...

Around 18 species of penguin can be found in living on Earth. Penguins can vary in size, with some weighing up to 88 pounds and standing over three feet tall, according to National Geographic.

There's a robot roaming Antarctica. Its target? Emperor penguins. Emperor penguins are the world's biggest penguin species and live exclusively in the Antarctic. The robot, named Echo, is part of a 30 ...

NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Education have partnered to engage students in ongoing activities for one of NASA’s concepts for astronaut housing on the moon through a contest to name a ...