Chernobyl's Elephant's Foot still sits inside the damaged reactor as a highly radioactive corium mass. Its weakening but persistent radiation keeps it central to safety research and disaster memory.

These 20 pictures capture the aftermath of the infamous 1986 Chernobyl incident—effects that are, in some cases, still felt today.

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone remains one of Earth's most haunting yet paradoxical places, where death and life intertwine in ways no scientist ever predicted. Nearly 39 years after the world's worst ...

Four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the exclusion zone has transformed into a thriving wildlife refuge, hosting species such as wolves, bears, and bison. Scientists say the absence of ...

From sites housing deadly materials to the locations of precious artefacts, here's the science behind some of Earth's most ...