Google Maps is used by millions every day, either for navigation or to explore various places across the world, but some have recently come across an error that is ...

Those unwilling to face the altitude sickness, crevasses and avalanches of Mount Everest can still explore the world's highest mountain from home. Google Maps has unveiled stunning, panoramic imagery ...

Mount Everest is the highest peak on Earth at 8849m. It's beautiful, magical, and also one of the most hostile environments a human being can enter. Above 8000 metres lies the notorious death zone, a ...

If Everest ever lost its crown, the surprise would be cultural, not geological: millimeters, models, and memory would decide.

A new graphic paints a grim picture of the peak - the locations where 11 climbers have died, the majority perishing agonisingly close to the summit. First conquered in 1953 by New Zealander Sir Edmund ...

The team also set up the highest weather station in the world at about 8,430 metres above sea level near the Everest summit last month. This will provide weather information from Everest in real-time.

On October 15, American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison stood atop Mount Everest. The 50-year-old wasn’t just on the highest point on Earth to enjoy the view; he was there to say a final goodbye, and to ...