Temperatures can plunge to -112 degrees F in winter with the coldest ever recorded at -128.56 degrees F on 21 July 1983. Special types of winds, called katabatic winds, blast across the continent.

Scientists have recently shared exciting news that might change how we think about the coldest place on Earth. For the first time in many years, the ice in Antarctica has gotten bigger, stopping a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of a distant, frigid planet in a solar system unlike our own, astronomers announced on Tuesday (June 10).