A fresh batch of satellite images showcasing the red planet's diverse topography is providing scientists with valuable data for future travel to Mars.

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin says the $3.5 billion spent annually on the space station should go towards efforts to colonize Mars.

The Mars InSight lander, developed to peer deep into the red planet's interior, is slated to launch on the morning of May 5.

It would be the first heavier-than-air craft flown on another planet.

Reducing carbon dioxide may be solved in storing emissions in deep, subterranean rock throughout the country.

The social media giant has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help get out the word when kids are in danger.

Energy policy has become a local issue, prompting serious debates in races across the nation.

Travel company cancels offset program citing its inability to reduce global emissions.

Automaker networks are vulnerable to guys with laptops, and it's not an isolated problem.

Why move to the woods when you can live in a tower that doubles as a coniferous forest?

New requirements for happier hens infringes on the interstate commerce protections of the U.S. Constitution, says Missouri attorney general.

What increasing the federal gas tax could mean for highways, green cars and the nation's bottom line.

Energy-related CO2 emissions will be 7 percent lower than their 2005 level of nearly 6 billion metric tons in 2020, according to new government data.

Need climate change data defined in simpler terms? It doesn't get any easier to understand than this.

Earthworms affect the amount of carbon dioxide produced in the soil.

According to Osram Sylvania's 6th annual Socket Survey, not too many folks realize that 40W and 60W incandescent bulbs will go bye-bye come Jan 1.

An ultra-low emission zone for London by 2020.

The Every Kid in a Park initiative aims to get kids active and outdoors, but it may also turn them into environmental stewards.

National surveys show the public supports having more green energy. But in local elections energy is likely to take a backseat to the economy.

Tea Party candidate has lots of followers on her website, but a few searches on the revamped site reveals little about issues.

China admits it's the leading emitter of greenhouse gas emissions — even though everyone else already knew that. What that means for this week's negotiations

Massive UV-resistant blankets are designed to slow down the melt.

Humanity is not only moving too slowly in curbing CO2 emissions — we're moving the wrong direction.

Rabbit Island residency programs encourage artists to incorporate conservation, ecology and sustainability into their work.

Fighting C. difficile with antibiotics is often a losing battle, but fecal transplant is novel treatment with FDA warning.

Spontaneous by nature, desire paths are the most optimal way to get from point A to B as decided by pedestrians, not planners.

A new study tracks more than 200 narcissists from the age of 18 to 41.

Trade embargoes have kept Cuba's cars stuck in the '60s, complete with pitch-black diesel and nasty hydrocarbons.

From measuring our oceans to studying Jupiter, we'll learn more about space in 2016.

Unit from Germany is the answer for off-grid campsites, providing access to 'Glee' reruns, night lighting and microwaves that brown.

Big hydrogen power plants like the one just installed in Bridgeport, Conn., can complement a fleet of fuel-cell cars.

NASA's Planet Hunter, TESS, discovered its first potentially habitable Earth-sized planet called TOI 700 d, located 100 light-years away.

Luxury automaker Fisker has officially missed a $10 million payment to the Department of Energy. Is a bankruptcy filing next?

Some prize pigs at Ohio's county fairs may have a dark secret.

One reason flu transmission is thought to be lower during the summer months is because of the high humidity.

An attempt to identify flu outbreaks by tracking people's Google searches about the illness hasn't lived up to its initial promise.

The EPA decided this week to limit cancer-causing emissions from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking,' but its new rules won't take effect until 2015.

The firm OpenPath Investments believes that apartments aren't just walls or rooms; they're a chance to connect on a deeper level with your neighbors.

Vanessa offers the new president some unsolicited advice.

The biggest problem facing the Galapagos Islands is controlling the number of people — both visitors and residents.

An Aflac CSR Hero volunteers to instill a sense of purpose and confidence in New Hampshire children who need it most.

While cap and trade and the Gulf Oil Spill dominate headlines, congress is taking on issues ranging from Asian Carp to jobs in National Parks.

Scientists hope to end heart transplant surgery forever thanks to help from the amazing zebrafish.

Politically, it would help if we could grow tropical jatropha in the U.S., but this could be an imported fuel we'll welcome at the pumps.

How this little prince grew into the tyrant king of the dinosaur world.

30 of the world's largest cities have reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Dell has partnered with experts at The Conservation Fund and Carbonfund.org to replant formerly forested areas in need of restoration, with a goal of half a mil

The former vice president did not hold back in his 7,000-word essay in Rolling Stone about the climate change debate.

Cable TV is no longer a must when you have an Internet connection. Here's how to cut the cable cord.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.