A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

The Danish-controlled island is coveted by some external actors who see the vast territory as a vector for precious minerals ...

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Sunniva Sorby, a member of the first group of women to ski to the South Pole, is now the “Godmother” of the HX Nansen, an ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

The largest island on Earth hopes for independence – but in a global rush for power, defence and resources, it seems ...

Some 60 million people are under weather alerts across 30 states. Seven of them have declared emergencies: Maryland, Virginia ...

Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control ...

President-elect Donald Trump wouldn't rule out military or economic coercion, saying the U.S. needs to stop China. Also a factor: climate change.

Bitter cold has lashed its icy fingers across the United States, bringing a frigid start to the new year. Dubbed Winter Storm ...