There are many ways to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids, and none of them are quite like what you'll see in a Hollywood movie. Nuclear weapons and macho men are replaced with mirrors and spray paint.
There are many ways to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids, and none of them are quite like what you'll see in a Hollywood movie. Nuclear weapons and macho men are replaced with mirrors and spray paint.
This tiny nanosatellite is running on the run on a Google Nexus One smartphone and Android operating system, and will be the first smartphone to orbit in space.
We've learned a lot about Earth's atmosphere and climate by studying other planets. Here's a closer look at Saturn's very cool polar hexagon.
As the Russian meteor recently reminded us, Earth is not immune from space rock. Thankfully impacts are rare, and big impacts even rarer, but as Carl Sagan so eloquently put it, we can't keep whistling in the dark forever.
The commander of the International Space Station looks down at the Sahara Desert and thinks it looks like a pie crust.
James Fallows at The Atlantic interviewed Eric C. Anderson, a co-founder and chairman of Space Adventures, a company focused on sending people to space. Mining asteroids is seen as a key component to making such travel possible, says Anderson.
A great reminder of just how small and isolated the Pale Blue Dot that we call home truly is.
The more we know about our planet and how its ecosystems function, the better we should be able to protect it (or at least know if what we're doing is working or not working).
As you can see from the press response collected below, Commander Hadfield is universally admired, so it has been inspiring to see the overwhelming response to this music video.
Elon Musk, best known for founding and/or running Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and SpaceX, has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately.
The planet has never been seen in such detail before. Thanks to the MESSENGER probe, we can finally see what our neighbor closest to the sun actually looks like.
Writer and artist Ron Miller wanted to see what it would look like if the Earth's moon was replaced by other planets from our solar system.
Now for something a bit different - not quite environmental news - but still quite cool for anyone interested in humanity's never-ending quest to better understand our fascinating universe...
Creating a privately financed startup that builds space rockets to compete will all the national space programs in the world is probably a more impressive feat than building the Hyperloop would be.
The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.
Since 1982, belief in creationism has increased, while the percentage of Americans that understand climate change has decreased. Have we entered an age of denial?
The future of giant space structures may lie in the 3D-printing hands of robotic spiders.
One of humanity's highest callings, in my opinion, is to better understand nature. That means studying the Earth, but also venturing out into the cosmos.
Collecting and concentrating sunlight with geostationary satellites, and then beaming it to Earth with microwaves or laser beams may provide clean renewable energy for Japan. What could go wrong?
What's the point of protecting the environment if bad luck brings a big space rock on a trajectory that crosses Earth's path?
