The granddaddy of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet arrived this month at McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica, to clear channels for supply ships.

A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN orbiter.

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"Coast to Coast," the award-winning music show, kicks off its new series of programs with an all-star edition.

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Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

An ailing astronaut is back on Earth. The crew of four returned Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a ...

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Scientists put tiny cameras on penguins’ backs in efforts to gather evidence to support new marine protected areas in ...

On a rocky ledge over the coast of an island in the far south Atlantic Ocean, a young penguin peers nervously at the chasm ...

WE GO OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST. WE DO HAVE AN URGENT UPDATE REGARDING THOSE MISSING BOATERS ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST. ON FLORIDA’S WEST COAST, WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD THAT THE ...