They’re also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves from below – a process known as “basal melting”. Increased basal melting has led to the thinning and retreat of the ice sheet in some ...

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Blue puddles of water were visible atop the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica after periods of record melting. Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice ...

“One such example is that eruptions proximate to surface ice will promote ice melting. In turn, the crustal unloading associated with melting an ice sheet affects the internal dynamics of the ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Venus and Saturn will appear extraordinarily close together in the night sky tonight during a celestial event known as a conjunction. To see Venus and Saturn, look to the southwest immediately as ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade". Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ...

Venus and Saturn will perform a dazzling show in the night sky this weekend, shining next to each other during a close conjunction. The planets will appear close on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.

On Jan. 18, Venus will join forces with taskmaster Saturn, bringing clarity and structure to areas where you’ve been drifting without boundaries or focus. Although it could initially seem like a ...

Out of all the planets in our solar system beyond Earth, most consider Saturn’s beauty to be the most spectacular, with a set of rings that have inspired curiosity for hundreds of years. In the 17th ...