Science fiction dreams of mining riches from asteroids only make sense if humans can make it worth their time and effort. The new Planetary Resources group back

A new billionaire-backed venture announced today that it plans to use robots to mine asteroids for precious metals and in the process add trillions of dollars t

A crowd of farmers, environmentalists and community members gather at a May Day rally in Sydney to call for tougher mining restrictions to protect sensitive lan

Private groups are shaping business plans to tap into the resource-rich environs of outer space. Early celestial targets with commercial cross hairs on them are

A new mine could provide 1,500 jobs, but protestors say the environmental cost is too high.

Eucalyptus trees can hold grains of gold, potentially helping reveal buried treasure.

Buried deep in your cellphone, laptop, and flat-screen television are a bevy of obscure elements that make our modern lives possible.

Coal mines are destroying the life that its miners have come to know through pollution and job loss.

Basketball, mini-golf, a Ferris wheel, an underground lake and a spa are just some of the attractions found in this majestic 13th-century Romanian salt mine.

The mining project, one of the largest ever conceived, could hold $500 billion in gold and copper.

Traces of air pollution from 16th-century Spanish silver mines were discovered deep inside an ice cap in the Peruvian Andes

Worth more than $1 million, this gemstone is distinguished for its rich color palette and light-refracting qualities that defy description.

Mountaintop removal mining is one of the most destructive forms of resource extraction, and it's taking its toll.

Congratulations, washing machine, your lonely days are now over as clothes dryers have become, at long last, eligible for Energy Star certification.

Who said old houses can't learn new energy-saving tricks?

It would take an extraordinary force of nature to blow one of these straw-stuffed brick abodes down.

Our houses are way more efficient than they used to be, but we're using more energy per capita than we ever have.

Months ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, French Parliament approves aggressive new commercial building rules.

We can't just build better; we have to change the way we live.

In a place where the streets flood with sewage after it rains, salvation may come in the form of a park.

There is lead in water systems all over North America, but don't hit the bottle yet.

Advanced refrigeration system, nearly a mile long, is meant to keep contaminated water from the damaged nuclear plant from escaping into the sea.

"Ain't No Fish" is a stop-motion animated short film that uses a 1940s show tune to highlight ocean pollution.

Populations of the mosquito-like bug have exploded around India's Taj Mahal because of unchecked pollution.

A cave in Slovenia has two new baby olms — ghostly 'dragons' that can live for 100 years but rarely reproduce.

Paddlers Paul Twedt and Michael Anderson started their Three Rivers Project to clean up Minnesota's three largest rivers.

159 coral reefs were examined in the Asian-Pacific region, and 89 percent of those reefs were contaminated with plastics and disease.

A research team working with an enzyme that eats plastic accidentally engineer it to make it better at breaking down PET.

Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa is the first to cross the Pacific on a paddleboard.

Eastern equine encephalitis is a dangerous and deadly mosquito-borne illness. Here's what you need to know about it and how to protect yourself.

This week, NASA is paying tribute to fallen astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration by holding a remembrance ceremony today (Jan. 26

NASA's space shuttle Discovery is set to land in Washington, D.C. this April, where the now retired fleet leader — the world's most flown spacecraft — will

Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the world's most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time on on April 17 to be delivered to the Smithsoni

Cries of "I see it!" rang out through the crowd as a speck on the horizon got bigger and bigger, resolving into the odd shape of two attached aircraft approachi

NASA deployed a few high-flying paparazzi to Hollywood to scout out the best photo spots for next month's arrival of one of its biggest stars: space shuttle End

Space shuttle Endeavour's trip to California has been delayed by a weather front in its way.

The space shuttle Endeavour takes to the skies above California for its last-ever flight today, Sept. 21, giving observers from Sacramento to Los Angeles a one

Space shuttle Endeavour, now a permanent resident of the state of California, has traded its winged chariot for a set of custom wheels.

Space shuttle Endeavour has hit the road in Los Angeles to start its two-day journey to its new home.

Amidst much fanfare, the new museum display featuring retired space shuttle Endeavour opened to the media and invited guests here on Oct. 30.

NASA will join journalist Maria Shriver, tennis legend Billie Jean King and Grammy-award winning vocalist Patti Austin in remembering the life of Sally Ride.

NASA will send off the "Sunjammer," a 128-ft solar sail, to record space weather and study the Sun.

The massive, potentially rocky planets orbit in the "habitable zone" of a star 22 light-years away.

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has been decommissioned after 10 years of data collecting on other galaxies and black holes.

Beyoncé ended the year on a sour note with members of the NASA community.

Tuesday, Jan. 28 marked the 28th anniversary of the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger and loss of the crew.

Since the end of its space shuttle program, NASA is relying more and more on commercial space travel.

Food, supplies, gear — and possibly Easter treats — successfully made their way to the space station.

Want to see if your home is a good fit for solar? Project Sunroof offers a decent snapshot from your web browser.

It will indeed, claims newly minted PV shingle magnate Elon Musk.