Antarctica

Lake Whillans is a strange body of water, starting with the fact that there is liquid to fill it at all. Though buried under more than 2,000 feet of Antarctic ice, its temperatures climb to just shy of 0 degrees Celsius, thanks to a combination of geothermal warmth, intense friction…

A long-dormant underwater volcano near Antarctica may have erupted, triggering 85,000 earthquakes in the area. Research stations reported the swarm of earthquakes as early as August 2020. They lasted for several months, subsiding in November of that same year. Since then, researchers have been looking for the cause behind the…

For New-delhi Updates Allow Notification   | Published: Saturday, April 30, 2022, 7:21 New Delhi, Apr 30: There will be a partial solar eclipse today, coinciding with what is known as 'Black Moon'. The April 30 partial solar eclipse will be seen from southern South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific…

Home News Science & Astronomy A view of Half Moon Island and Bransfield Strait in Antarctica. (Image credit: Joseph Sohm; Visions of America via Getty Images) A long-dormant underwater volcano near Antarctica has woken up, triggering a swarm of 85,000 earthquakes. The swarm, which began in August 2020 and subsided…

The Carlini base on King George Island, hosting the seismometer located closest to the seismic region, and the Bransfield Strait. Credit: Milton Percy Plasencia Linares In a remote area, a mix of geophysical methods identifies magma transfer below the seafloor as the cause. Even off the coast of Antarctica, volcanoes…

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth and casts its shadow on Earth. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio On April 30, 2022, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans. On Saturday, April…

Researchers say that a series of about 85,000 earthquakes occurred in the waters near Antarctica for a few months in 2020 near an underwater volcano. File Photo by Ben Holt Sr./NASA/UPI | License Photo April 27 (UPI) -- According to new research, scientists have discovered that a series of more…

Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter became the first gay couple to get married in the British Antarctic Territory. Photo: British Antarctic Survey/ Rich Turner. Antarctica hosted its first gay wedding when a same-sex couple working onboard the polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough got married on Sunday.  Eric Bourne…

Scientists have uncovered a swarm of more than 85,000 deep-sea earthquakes associated with undersea volcanic activity. The research was conducted at the Orca volcano site, which lies between Antarctica and the tip of South America, using remote sensing technologies. South America 3d isolated. Elements of this image furnished by NASA…

Home News Skywatching The moon passes in front of the sun in the only total solar eclipse of 2021 in this still from a video captured by Theo Boris and Christian Lockwood of the JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition from their observing point in Union Glacier, Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021.…