Rising temperatures and intense human activity are destabilising the icy terrain, risking the lives of climbers and sherpas.

I am hiking along the Metacomet Ridge in Greenfield, Massachusetts – a rather steep basaltic structure, modestly less than five hundred feet high and topped by a stately brick tower constructed in ...

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The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ...

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, Final Architecture and Tyrant Philosophers series. His new book, “Bee ...

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, ...

Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is ...

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

Pixar's sci-fi adventure "Elio" may technically be 'original' but it borrows a lot from classic sci-fi kids films.

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...