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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Everest, standing at 8.85 kilometres above sea level, continues to rise, according to a recent study published in ...

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

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

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

Model suggests a massive uplift partly explains the peak’s impressive height.