Direct-to-consumer water filter company Mesopaper removes a variety of contaminants without the mess, waste or high price tag.

If it isn't covered in toxic foam, Bellandur Lake in Bangalore is catching fire. The residents have complained

The Ocean Cleanup is ready to launch plastic-eating System 001 to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Over 500 workers have been mobilized to deal with the endless tide of garbage inflicting the beaches of Santo Domingo.

This infographic breaks down how plastic pollution is killing marine life and what you can do to prevent it.

Benôit 'Ben' Lecomte hopes his attempt to swim across the Pacific will bring awareness to the plastic pollution creating 'an ocean in peril.'

Made of plastic and metal, it harms our oceans just like microbeads.

The oil leak may be releasing thousands of gallons per day, but after 14 years, it is finally at least partly contained.

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.

You've heard of Ebola and likely Zika, but there are many dangerous viruses that have yet to make horrific headlines.

It took a surprising amount of engineering magic to build a coffee cup suitable for those in zero gravity.

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

After 467 days in orbit and a ticker-tape parade, a special litte astronaut will live out its days at the National Air and Space Museum.

NASA's space shuttles are gearing up to make their final voyages — this time flying piggyback a special Boeing 747 jet on the way to museum retirement homes.

Hundreds of eager spectators lined Manhattan's West Side Pier 84 on June 6, as the space shuttle Enterprise completed the final leg of its journey to the Intrep

Four astronauts are spending 12 days underwater to prepare new methods for working in outer space. And they're Tweeting about it.

The new exhibit for NASA's space shuttle Enterprise — opening in New York City Thursday, July 19 — starts off a bit like a spacewalk. Visitors to the Intrep

Debuted earlier this month at the International Space University, this short film invites a new generation to imagine and explore the universe's secrets.

Visitors can get up close and personal with two space shuttles, the launch pad and much more.

The space shuttle Endeavour will begin a three-day trip across the United States on Sept. 19, and you can catch some of that journey —the final piggyback flig

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

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

This week marks a somber time for NASA, with the anniversaries of three U.S. spaceflight disasters.

The Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003 killed all 7 of its crew members, but a box of roundworms managed to survive the shuttle's disintegration.

How do you un-shrink-wrap a space shuttle?

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 lost power on Sunday in California, delaying the launch of the IRIS sun observatory by one day.

The last of NASA's retired space planes is officially on display for the public to enjoy.

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

Here's a handy cheat sheet to help you keep the spacecraft straight.

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

A miniature space farm, robot legs, and microbes collected by cheerleaders are just a few of the odd passengers headed to the International Space Station.

Weather permitting, the cargo run will lift off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:25 p.m. EDT.

Here's how you can celebrate this April holiday honoring the first man in space.

A spacecraft launch in Kazakhstan turned into a scary situation as a booster malfunctioned mid-launch, sending the space crew into ballistic decent.

Landspouts are technically tornadoes, but they originate near the ground and aren't made from supercell thunderstorms.

Summer solstice, the unofficial first day of summer, is the day with the most hours of daylight.

Temperature records across the continent continue to fall as Europe buckles under heat wave. At least seven deaths have been attributed to the heat.

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

Breakthrough technology that separates the heat of sunlight from the light will help to improve solar cell efficiency.

At a reservoir outside of Tokyo, water and electricity do indeed mix.

20-acre solar installation near Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park has begun supplying clean energy this spring.

The annual Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee is the first to install a permanent solar installation to reduce its environmental footprint.

Within a few years, most of the power for Chile's sprawling subway system will come from renewable energy.

Kitschy nostalgia and clean-tech collide along Route 66, America's Mother Road, thanks to Solar Roadways.

As it turns out, the Swedish retailer's rooftop power plants are also the biggest in several other states.

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

Wind and solar get an unequal shake in the Equality State.

There are many ways to map an area's sunlight exposure. Here are a few tips to make sure your plants get their moment(s) in the sun.