As he drew on his maps (above) and described in a 1906 book, Percival Lowell believed Mars was a dying world covered in irrigation canals. Like many early 20th-century depictions, this Danish ...

that Martian canals were built by an alien civilization. They also revealed some truly dramatic features: the small world boasts the largest volcanoes in the solar system, and one of the largest ...

Experience Amsterdam at its most radiant with this 4K walking tour filmed on a stunning sunny day in 2025. Stroll along picturesque canals, vibrant city streets, and historic neighborhoods as the ...

From space colonies to imperial dreams, Donald Trump and Elon Musk offer a masterclass in misguided policy ambition.

For the fire crew sent to tackle a stubborn peat fire in the middle of a lonely, soggy bog one dark morning in 1989, the flickering glow of ...

Residents of Boca Chica Village, Brownsville, Port Isabel, and South Padre Island talk about how SpaceX, Elon Musk, and Starbase are changing the area.

I am standing in a drizzly square where a man is eating a quiche. A girl cycles past in a red raincoat, talking quietly on ...

The Venice Architecture Biennale, a prestigious international art event, is set to return in 2025 for its 19th edition. More than just a showcase of ...

Archaologists are stunned after discovering what they believe could be an ancient city under the pyramids of Giza. A vast, ...

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...

Trump is a big dreamer, eyeing Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal, no less. Why grudge him a $400m luxury jet, a “palace in the sky”, from the Qatari government, when his trumpeters are seeking to ...