But from 260 miles above in space, he saw no trace of humanity — just desolation: a seemingly endless view of pure white ice.

A group of astronauts whizzing around Earth from orbit are getting some pretty spectacular views of our planet's poles – and ...

SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never ...

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft made history today (1 April), as it orbited the poles of Earth for the first time in human history ...

Being the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury is the one most under our star’s spell, including having a closely aligned axis of rotation. Like the Sun, its north pole points towards Draco ...

So, on Earth, the North Star is our pole star and it has been extremely useful for people living here for millennia. This ...

Bands of clouds look like they were painted on the planet in the new photo, which shows Saturn's north pole dominated by the planet's hexagonal jet stream surrounding the "hurricane-like storm" at ...

POLARIS has long helped mariners find their way through our planet's seas and oceans by pointing the way north.

SpaceX launched four people into space Monday evening on a first-ever human mission to orbit Earth's polar regions. If ...

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Hubble’s 20-year study of Uranus reveals dramatic atmospheric shifts, from methane mysteries to polar brightening, reshaping ...