Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

Explore how Mount Everest, Chimborazo, and Mauna Kea challenge our perceptions of the world's highest mountains based on ...

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...

The hidden water reservoir is shockingly larger than previously thought—holding more than half the volume of Lake Tahoe.

The Minnesota Ice Festival's 18,148.88-square-foot ice maze has been officially certified as the largest in the world by ...

Ski patrollers miffed by wages they say are too low for high living costs have put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump vowed on Sunday to rename the tallest mountain peak in the United States, the "Denali" back to its former name "Mount McKinley." Newsweek has reached out to Trump's ...