"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer ...

A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the ...

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet. The mountain itself is nestled between Nepal and Tibet ...

Nepal's government says it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented by climate change and the growing numbers of climbers attempting to scale the region's summits, especially ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world's highest ...

In this week’s Dispatches from Everest video, Ben Ayers dives into the simmering debate over this topic. And he does so from Ground Zero of the argument: the giant spray painted rock at Mount ...

NASA has released a rare image of Mount Everest. The photo, taken from space, captures the peak and its glaciers. NASA shared an image of Mount Everest taken in 1996. The photo was captured from ...

but this ride combines a super-immersive 3D simulator with top-notch theming to create a breathtaking experience you won't find elsewhere. Climb aboard a train and venture up Mount Everest ...

A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday.

Mount Everest's increasing height is attributed to the isostatic rebound caused by the merger of the Kosi and Arun rivers about 89,000 years ago. According to their estimates, isostatic rebound is ...

Mount Everest is nearly 1,000 feet (304 meters) taller than its surrounding Himalayan peaks, causing scientists to wonder exactly why the giant mountain stretched its neck out so much more than ...