The Himalayas are known as the Young Fold Mountains because they were formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates and still rise every year. Learn how they were formed, their key ...

The Himalayas stand as Earth’s highest mountain range, possibly the highest ever. How did it form? Why is it so tall? You might think understanding big mountain ranges requires big measurements – ...

The Himalayas Are Still Growing Every Year Mount Everest increases in height by about 4 millimeters each year due to tectonic ...

Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian ...

Geologically, the Himalayas stand as the most impressive natural monument on our planet Earth. Its snow-capped mountain peaks ...

Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our equipment. We’re at the base of a jagged outcrop that protrudes upwards out of a steep gravel slope. The muffled soundscape ...

Nepal is the country with the most mountains, home to 8 of the world’s 10 tallest peaks including Mount Everest. Learn why ...

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot these photographs of the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indo-Gangetic plain. A team of researchers at the Stanford Doerr School ...

The Himalayas stand as Earth's highest mountain range, possibly the highest ever. How did it form? Why is it so tall? These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks—rocks transformed by heat, pressure ...

Matthew J. Kohn receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both. One of ...