If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

For many, the sight of vast ice caps at Earth’s poles seems like an unshakable feature of our planet. Yet, a new study suggests that these icy giants are nothing more than a temporary, rare occurrence ...

A new study led by a team of scientists from the University of Leeds has revealed that the cold conditions that have allowed the formation of polar ice caps on Earth are exceptional events in the ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have successfully conducted an ice-cap detection experiment in Antarctica using a domestically ...

That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars' interior. That, plus data from the InSight lander, ...

For decades, scientists believed that Mars’ red color came from hematite, a type of iron oxide that forms under dry ...

The findings from Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service involve the third warmest February on record for the planet.

Volunteers from New Zealand to the United States are helping scientists document what will happen to coastal communities as climate change melts the polar ice caps and sea levels rise.

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures ...

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and Trump wants to make sure that the U.S ...