The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.

Many of the coldest places on Earth are uninhabitable and inaccessible due to extreme temperatures and harsh conditions. Some ...

Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. The planet’s red dust contains water and likely formed in cold conditions.

And in a desolate part of central South Dakota, an area about 50 miles northwest of Pierre has been 11 degrees below average, making it Earth’s most unusually cold place this year so far.

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has officially begun its journey of cosmic exploration after successfully ejecting its dust ...

That is, if you live in a place where it does get chilly. For these 10 animals, where they live, it's always cold. They are known as chionophiles, or organisms that love and thrive in the snow. These ...

The coldest places on Earth are found at, or close to, the North and South Pole. Mountainous areas are also very cold. Cold environments are found at higher latitudes and higher altitudes.

I never imagined that I would experience one of the warmest days ever in the coldest place on Earth. Despite being so remote from human interaction, Antarctica faces one of the greatest threats from ...

FARGO — Recent cold weather has brought questions about where might be the coldest place on Earth. Without question, that place is Antarctica. The coldest temperature measured with a thermometer ...