The US National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the state of Bavaria will build a radio telescope on top of Germany’s highest mountain.

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A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city may be preparing to erupt, according to experts who have been monitoring the ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali ...

Trek through alpine peaks, underground caves, and historic battlefields in this under-the-radar adventure hot spot.

As the snow melts away, Jiminy Peak transitions into a summer mountain adventure park. Among the attractions are an alpine slide, a scenic chairlift ride, a rock climbing wall and the self-guided ...

Meanwhile, the main Annapurna mountain is, at 26,545 feet tall, the 10th highest peak on Earth, and the overall conservation area covers a little under 3,000 square miles near Nepal’s border ...

Tonight will see overcast skies with a few spots of light rain drifting in, these perhaps turning wintry on higher ground. Remaining chilly tonight. Sunday Tomorrow will see light showers in the ...

What’s that one called?” Is your answer: A. (Pushing back your Mountaineers cap:) “That peak is Whitehorse Mountain, elevation 6,840 feet, and it appears its snow cap has shrunk a bit.

Michal Czech, Maciej Kimel, and Tomek Klimczak have done one of the hardest faces in the High Tatras, the Direttissima route ...