According to a new study, a river roughly 46 miles (75 kilometers) from Everest was "captured" by another around 89,000 years ...

Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt ...

Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma, has grown about 15 to 50 meters (50 to 164 feet) higher over the past 89,000 years ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing.

And, perhaps just as interesting, the answer for Everest’s growth is down at ground level — specifically the Arun River north ...

Mount Everest's increasing height is attributed to the isostatic rebound caused by the merger of the Kosi and Arun rivers ...

Mount Everest has grown up to 164 ft taller because of the combined forces of erosion and upward pressure from beneath ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and ...

Mount Everest continues to grow in height due to isostatic rebound, a process linked to the merger of the Kosi and Arun ...

Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain standing at 8.85 km above sea level, has grown taller by around 15 to 50 metres ...

At over five miles or 29,032-feet high, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Called Chomolungma in Tibetan or ...

This is what the new research argues, but fundamentally it is earthquakes that push mountains higher. When the megathrust ...