Two asteroids have stargazers' attention this week – one the size of Mount Everest and another that will pass closer than the ...

The world's highest mountain doesn't look quite so high from space. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko recently snapped a shot of Mount Everest from his perch 230 miles (370 kilometers) above ...

This view from space shuttle Columbia shows Mount Everest, which reaches 29,028 feet in elevation (8,848 meters), along with many glaciers. Mount Everest is to the left of the V-shaped valley.

An analysis of soil samples taken from Mount Everest revealed that the mountain's keeping our coughs and sneezes on ice. ... “War Of The Worlds”-esque implications on our plans to colonize space.

Climbing to the summit of Everest requires much advance planning, conditioning, and situational awareness on the part of mountaineers to avoid potentially fatal consequences. As of 2010, there ...

Mount Everest is teeming with life, from fungi to butterflies. In a recent study, DNA lurking in meltwater from the world's tallest peak revealed a trove of biodiversity.