India is now the first country ever to land a spacecraft near the Moon's south pole.
The Russian space agency had been attempting to become the first to land a probe on the Moon's south pole.
The controversial plan would involve using a fleet of 125 tanker jets to shroud part of the Earth's atmosphere.
Giant troughs running for hundreds of kilometers have been found deep beneath the ice at the South Pole.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a rather unusual feature on the planet's surface.
The Apollo 11 astronaut fell ill just after becoming the oldest person ever to visit the South Pole.
The unmanned privately funded mission could see a telescope set up on top of a lunar mountain.
Despite fears over global warming the amount of sea ice at the South Pole is breaking new records.
Small dinosaurs that lived near the south pole were able to survive through months of darkness.
Debate has been sparked over the nature of a plank of wood spotted on an iceberg at the South Pole.
The south pole of Saturn's moon Titan is shrouded in fog according to scientists, it is believed that the fog is formed ...