The Earth’s shaped by the relentless forces of plate tectonics over millions of years. Because of these movements formed the ...

A 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests.

The Himalayas are the youngest mountains on this planet. Known as the fold mountains, the Himalayas were formed 50 million years ago on Earth, which is roughly 4.5 billion years old.

Scientists radically rethink how the Himalayas formed millions of years ago, adjusting their age New research upends traditional thought about the world's most massive mountain range ...

The Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet. The range affects air and water circulation systems, impacting the weather conditions in the region.

Mechanics of Mountain Formation To understand the fascinating mechanics of the collision of India with Asia we must first look beneath the Earth's surface.

Ken Jennings explores how the Central Pangaean Mountains shaped everywhere from the Carolinas to Sierra Leone.