Mount Everest is the world's tallest and perhaps most famed peak. It draws seasoned and amateur climbers alike and ...

A century after his death, George Mallory's final words went on display in Cambridge. A century after he died trying to ...

When National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin and his climbing partners discovered a boot and sock sticking out of a ...

In 1997, after three previous attempts, Brigitte Muir became the first Australian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. As ...

She has Mount Everest (29,032 feet) in her sights again, but first she’s looking to stay in the U.S. and scale the highest ...

Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain life ...

In 1924, Andrew "Sandy" Irvine joined George Mallory’s expedition to the world’s highest peak. Now, Irvine’s recently found ...

An area dubbed “Rainbow Valley” may sound like a happy place but when it comes to Mount Everest, it is far from it.

A Nepali Guide Service to climb Mount Everest can cost about US$50,000, while trekking to the Everest Base Camp can cost US$3 ...

Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

Mount Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibetan and Sagarmatha in Nepali, is the world’s tallest mountain at 29,032 feet above ...

Scientists announced the results of their study reconstructing the cascade of events after the meteorite slammed into Earth.