The comet C/2017 K2 passed its closest point to Earth on Wednesday and Thursday, prompting casual astronomers to set up their backyard telescopes and take a look. The comet has attracted interest in ...

Given a possible weather delay, the climbers currently heading for the summit of K2 could reach it during the third week of August. That would become the mountain's first August summits since 2011, ...

There was only one summit push on K2 this year, very late in the season and in uncertain conditions. The push came after half the climbers in Base Camp called off their attempts. Three small ...

Climbing K2 is somewhat akin to a fatal attraction that many mountaineers cannot resist. The world’s second-highest peak, feared as the ‘Savage Mountain,’ was first conquered on July 31, 1954, by ...