We spend billions imagining what other planets might look like. Meanwhile, Earth regularly flexes landscapes so strange they barely seem real. For example, our planet has bleeding glaciers, sulfuric ...

The longest cave system in the world is named, rather fittingly, Mammoth Cave. Found underneath Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave ...

The Antarctic ozone hole closed early in 2025 after one of the shortest seasons in decades, reflecting long-term recovery of the ozone layer.

The world logged its fifth hottest February on record, with western Europe drenched by extreme rainfall and widespread ...

"It offers a diverse landscape of volcanic plains and ancient highlands, allowing astronauts to sample everything from volcanic ash erupted from the deep lunar interior to debris from massive ancient ...

The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated scientists. The iceberg, known as A23a, was once the largest on Earth, ...

There's something profoundly captivating about the phrase "lost to time." Throughout history, countless treasures, cities, ...

Now, far from the icy seas of Antarctica, what’s left of A23a is being eaten away by warmer waters. It’s in its death throes, ...

Legendary cave diver Sheck Exley spent decades pushing the limits of underwater exploration, setting records and developing many of the safety rules used in modern cave diving. In 1994, he joined an ...

From health spas to film storage, salt mine caverns have been put to use in surprising ways—and they’re now poised to contribute to the generation and storage of clean energy.

The Sony World Competition announced the winners and shortlists for their 2026 open category awards. The Awards spotlights photographers telling the stories of our time. Here is the selection of ...