We obviously can’t put the universe on a giant set of scales, but scientists have found astonishingly clever ways to […] ...

The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed, even if global temperatures stopped rising immediately, a new study has found. Researchers estimate glaciers ...

A diagram from a scientific study illustrating where Antarctic ice shelves have grown or receded over a decade is being shared on social media as evidence that Antarctica’s overall ice mass is ...

Calculating the total mass of the universe is not simple, because most of the mass is invisible. In a pie chart of the contents of the universe, only 5 percent is normal matter, atoms that make up all ...