Antarctica’s Ice Is Rising and Falling And Satellites Know WhyAntarctica's seemingly frozen surface is actually rising and falling by centimeters, revealing a hidden network of active subglacial lakes ...
19 Feb, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Ancient Ecosystem Discovered Under Antarctic Ice After 34 Million Years Sparks Global Debate Over Drilling RisksScientists may have found a 34-million-year-old ecosystem sealed under Antarctica's ice, dating back to a warmer era. Evidence suggests mic...
18 Feb, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
Antarctica Has 85 Newly Discovered ‘Active Lakes’ Beneath the Ice; Satellites Reveal a Hidden Water WorldScientists have discovered 85 new active subglacial lakes beneath Antarctica, bringing the total to 231. These lakes fill, drain, and shift...
17 Feb, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Blood Falls Antarctica mystery solved: Scientists have finally discovered the reason behind the red water fallsA startling red waterfall, Blood Falls, flows in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. Scientists have uncovered its secret. The crimson color ...
11 Feb, 2026, 03.34 PM IST
Antarctica’s Red Waterfall Isn’t Blood—Science Finally Explains WhyAntarctica's Blood Falls, a striking red cascade from the Taylor Glacier, is not blood but ancient, iron-rich water. Trapped for millions o...
06 Feb, 2026, 02.44 PM IST
China's new Antarctica expedition to conduct drilling experimentsChina on Saturday launched its 42nd Antarctic expedition to conduct deep drilling experiments aimed at studying the continent’s evolution a...
01 Nov, 2025, 11.53 AM IST
Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
12 May, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Scientists find new evidence for liquid water on MarsThe researchers, led by the University of Cambridge with involvement from the University of Sheffield, used spacecraft laser-altimeter meas...
05 Oct, 2022, 12.40 PM IST
The Red Planet deep under: Potential life on Mars likely lived below the surfaceUnderground heat would have been possible 4.1 bn years ago or in the Noachian era on Mars.
03 Dec, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Desi scientist's work on ‘extreme’ life key to decoding existence on MarsOver the past two years, there has been a lot of debate over the presence of “liquid water” on Mars. On September 28, a study in ‘Nature’ c...
18 Oct, 2020, 09.17 AM IST
- Scientists discover first-ever liquid water lake on Mars
Washington, July 25 (IANS) In a tantalising find, a team of Italian researchers on Wednesday announced they have discovered a large saltwat...
25 Jul, 2018, 09.37 PM IST
- Hidden lakes found draining below West Antarctica glacier
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) Researchers have used data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite to identify a sudden drainage of ...
13 Feb, 2017, 11.38 PM IST
Large hidden lakes found draining below Antarctic glacierThe glacier sped up by about 10 per cent during that time, showing that the glacier's long-term movement is fairly oblivious to trickles at...
13 Feb, 2017, 01.30 PM IST
World's largest canyon may lie under Antarctic: StudyThe world's largest canyon - over 1,000 kilometre long and up to one kilometre deep - may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists inc...
14 Jan, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
Ancient microbe colonies found living under 800 metres of ice in AntarcticIn a major breakthrough, scientists have finally proved that life exists in a lake buried under half a mile (800 meters) of ice on the west...
22 Aug, 2014, 11.11 AM IST