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See the moon's shadow darken Antarctica in epic satellite imagery of the Feb. 17 solar eclipse (video)

Plus NOAA's GOES-19 satellite spies the lunar disk crossing the face of our parent star.
Earth.com

Pink rocks found in Antarctica lead to the discovery of an enormous structure under the ice

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

In Photos: ‘Ring Of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Seen Across Antarctica, Africa

Early on Tuesday, Feb. 26, a rare annular solar eclipse created a “ring of fire” over Antarctica, while South Africa and ...

What’s Causing Antarctica’s Strange “Gravity Hole”? Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery

The simulations showed that the gravity hole was initially much less pronounced. Between roughly 50 million and 30 million years ago, however, it intensified significantly. This period coincides with ...
Scientific American

First solar eclipse of 2026 blazes a ‘ring of fire’ above Antarctica

A stunning “ring of fire” eclipse was totally visible to a lucky few in the Southern Hemisphere. Here’s how to see the next one ...
Science Daily

Microplastics have reached Antarctica’s only native insect

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica ...

Scientists reveal why gravity is weaker beneath Antarctica than elsewhere on Earth

After accounting for Earth’s rotation, gravity is slightly weaker beneath Antarctica than anywhere else on the planet. That ...

Antarctica has a ‘gravity hole’

Forte and colleagues now believe Antarctica’s gravity hole was weaker before eventually intensifying around 30 to 50 million years ago. This corresponds to large-scale changes in the continent’s ...

Antarctica sits above Earth's strongest 'gravity hole.' Now we know how it got that way

Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over Earth's surface. And it is weakest ...

Livestream from Patagonia falsely claimed to show Antarctica's 'Ice Wall'

A video is spreading on social media with claims that Elon Musk's Starlink internet service enabled a livestreamer to show Antarctica's "legendary 'ice wall'" -- a reference to the debunked flat-Earth ...