While the Stargate movies and TV shows mostly tied all their loose ends, there are still some open mysteries that the revival can solve.

Remains of the McCloud Glacier, 2024, photographed by Prof Pete Convey. "Note the clear nunatak at the mid-right of the glacier," said Convey. "This is named 'Manhaul Rock' and, when I was first on ...

Mining is banned on the frozen continent. But new research suggests that could change as ice melts and land and valuable minerals are exposed. By Eric Niiler Prospectors are scouring the Pacific Ocean ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles. Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a ...

The Pentagon has secured $194 million to build the first of a fleet of new ski planes that will support troops flying over the Arctic and Antarctic. Funding approved by Congress last month includes ...

In November, scientists arrived at the South Pole in planes outfitted with skis to pull off a construction project seven years in the making. They had a short summer window — November to early ...

Screenshot from the footage of a sleeper shark seen in Antarctica's waters Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Center Sharks are ancient creatures—even older than land dinosaurs—and they’ve evolved to swim ...

Researchers have drilled the deepest Antarctic sediment core ever, uncovering 23 million years of climate history beneath the ice sheet. This is SWAIS2C’s first drilling attempt, but unfortunately, ...

For decades, scientists have been studying intriguing “gravity holes,” which are enormous depressions in the Earth’s crust where the effects of gravity are significantly lower than average. It’s an ...

A sleeper shark has been captured by an underwater camera for the first time in the Antarctic Ocean. The report by the Associated Press (AP) includes a video of the large fish nonchalantly drifting ...

Out on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a group of scientists spent weeks living in tents on wind-packed snow, working shifts day and night. They weren’t searching for wildlife or claiming ...

A new study lays out the best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica. Which one becomes reality is entirely up to us. Reading time 3 minutes As carbon emissions push Earth’s temperature ...