The Structure Under Antarctica that Satellites Keep Detecting Remains a Scientific Mystery

Researchers have drilled a 500-metre deep hole into West Antarctica's ice. Under a glacier, they encountered a huge river and living beings who are at home in eternal darkness.

Antarctica is the highest, dryest and coldest continent that exists, however, it is said to be a desert, why is this mentioned and what are its characteristics? We tell you. To give you an idea of the size of Antarctica, experts comment that its surface could cover approximately the territory that spans the United States and Mexico together. The ice sheets in Antarctica are so thick that it is believed that the thinnest ones are at least one kil…

The structure under Antarctica that satellites keep detecting remains a scientific mystery

In the icy interior of East Antarctica, satellite instruments have picked up something buried far below the surface. There are no unusual features visible on the ground above. No exposed rock. No mountain chain. Just a flat stretch of ice in a region called Wilkes Land. Yet whenever gravity-mapping satellites pass over this area, they […] The post The structure under Antarctica that satellites keep detecting remains a scientific mystery appeared…