The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasibility project. AP Photo/Francois Mori Jesse Rhoades, University of North Dakota and Rebecca Rhoades, University ...

Four people have died and one is seriously injured after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, mountain rescue services and firefighters said. The accident happened at Monte ...

Sudden floods in the Himalayas are leading to severe psychological impacts. A PhD student hopes her research will help.

When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr appears close to doing about 80 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, it can ...

When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the ...

Twelve million years ago, a massive herd of rhinos gathered at a watering hole in what is now northeastern Nebraska. But when ...

A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger’s city of Agadez. That's according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the ...

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family of ...