Deserts cover roughly a third of Earth’s land surface, and they’re far more varied and extreme than most people realise. From frozen wastelands to scorching sand seas, these harsh environments shape ...

Antarctica, the world’s largest desert, challenges the common idea that deserts are always hot. Despite being covered in ice, ...

Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly loop around them. But we’ve also discovered a handful ...