Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured ...

Sherpas navigate extreme conditions and treacherous pathways as they act as porters and guides for climbers summiting Everest ...

The Ursids occur when Earth passes through a trail of dust and particles left behind by the 8P/Tuttle comet on its journey ...

7 billion years ago during the Precambrian Era. 0 billion years old, making them among the oldest rocks found in the United States. 6 billion years ago, massive volumes of magma pushed into these ...

Previously the longest road tunnel in the world, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland has slipped down the ranking as new ...

The scientific revelation comes from a seismic modeling study led by Professor Arwen Deuss, a geoscientist at Utrecht University.

Over 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, all major animal phyla appeared rapidly in what is known as the ...

Warm weather disrupting the B.C. ski season isn't that rare — it happened in 2023. But this year it was unexpected ...

From remote deserts to mountain summits, these are best places to see stars in the world, where dark skies reveal ...

A new global study predicts when the world’s glaciers will vanish and shows how warming levels shape their survival.

Earth’s inner core has long puzzled scientists because seismic waves move through it unevenly. Compressional waves from ...

Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, ...