The nearest one will pass between the Earth and the moon, while the larger asteroid’s closest point to Earth will be approximately 4.1 million miles away — about 17 times as far as the moon.

and mountaineers the world over wondered if they could possibly climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. It was a leap into the world of the unknown, travelling to far off lands and ...

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered about 50 miles from Mount Everest left at least 126 dead in Tibet on Tuesday, reports say. Another 188 people have been injured on the Chinese side of ...