NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is in for a wild ride.. The launch of this mission to explore the ocean world Europa — a Jupiter moon that harbors an ocean perhaps twice the volume of all Earth ...

When the two of us met, we were about as far from the ocean as you can get–at an altitude of 12,000 feet, in Lhasa, Tibet. We spent the day touring the capital city, sampling momos (traditional ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is stuck again. For more than 30 years, ... It's unclear how often Taylor columns form in the ocean and how frequently icebergs get trapped in them.

Researchers filmed the Antarctic gonate squid (Gonatus antarcticus) drifting through the black waters of the ocean's midnight zone, 7,060 feet (2,152 meters) below the surface, on Dec. 25, 2024.

The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, astonishing scientists who have been tracking her ...