The sun sets behind BICEP2 and the South Pole Telescope at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial ...

Scott and his party set off from Cardiff aboard the Terra Nova in 1910 with the aim of becoming the first expedition to reach the South Pole. The ship had a life after the polar trek, sinking off ...

Captain Robert Scott and his four-man team died in 1912 after being beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian explorers. The photograph of all five was taken using an automatic trigger in January of ...

At the South Pole, the American-run Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station sits at more than 9,000 feet above sea level and is a dream destination for those studying astronomy and astrophysics.

Robert Scott and his four-man team died in 1912 after being beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian explorers. The photograph of all five was taken using an automatic trigger in January of that year ...

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy recently revealed that NASA is reconsidering its commitment to continuous human presence in low Earth orbit (LEO) after the International Space Station (ISS), ...