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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Griffin's upcoming debut will be the second lunar mission for Astrobotic. The company's smaller Peregrine moon lander ...
Solar Orbiter Captures Incredible Footage of Tiny Jets Near the Sun’s South Pole
The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, the jets flash for around one minute, flinging charged particles at an ...
N.Y. weather: A polar vortex split will bring new waves of Arctic air. Here’s what to expect
The vortex is essentially an area of low pressure in the upper layers of the atmosphere over the polar region up north. This ...
Warmth is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what it means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
The puzzling and powerful polar vortex faces 'big uncertainty' as Earth warms
A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...
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How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.
How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...
China’s Chang’e-7 mission to send flying robot to moon’s south pole to look for water
Extremely smart’ explorer will search for ice on lunar surface and help carry out detailed survey of polar region, space experts say.
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Metro Vancouver weather: Polar vortex plunges region into ongoing deep freeze
Metro Vancouverites may face unseasonably cold weather as February continues thanks to the stratospheric polar vortex.
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In 1993, Four Women Skied Nearly 700 Miles To The South Pole. Today, You Can Travel With One Of Them To Antarctica
On the cruise, Sorby gives presentations about her journey to the South Pole. She also gives lectures about the impact of climate change on the polar regions, and what role citizen science and ...