Dramatic ice melt due to climate change may move the locations of Earth's geographic poles in the coming years, a new study ...

During the winter, the winds that make up the polar vortex blow from west to east. In spring, as Earth's tilt changes and the North Pole receives more sunlight, the direction of the winds changes to ...

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

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

SpaceX launched four people into space Monday evening on a first-ever human mission to orbit Earth's polar regions. If successful, the mission also will be the first to cultivate mushrooms as a crop.

This is the first human-crewed mission that will pass over both the North and South Poles during its orbit. Named Fram2, the three-to-five-day mission will feature the first flyovers of poles and ...

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 ...

The privately funded Fram2 mission departed the Kennedy Space Center and flew due south ... over the North Pole and Antarctica, unlike previous missions that orbited West-to-East, roughly ...

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 ...