The outlet-hogging reign of night lights may soon be over thanks to the ingenious SnapRays Guidelight from Snap Power.

No window? No problem.

Turns out that how—and how often—you wash your clothes makes a huge difference.

Keep it simple with these carryalls with a stylish edge, which will last for years.

Scientists says pollution on a planet may help aliens spot an advanced civilization.

The student-designed mobile game Galactickitties lets you save space-flying felines and benefit the ASPCA too.

Finnish startup aims to engage mobile users in an international competition to send someone to the International Space Station.

A Norwegian company offers paid time off to give people time to bond with their new pets.

Amber Yang is on a mission to create a better way to track space debris and prevent collisions in the Earth's atmosphere.

With the high season of outdoor cookery about to kick into full swing, a look at 10 petite BBQ grills that don't require a massive backyard to fire up.

Virgin Spaceship Unity, set to begin test flights next month, includes a very special nod to the theoretical physicist.

Thru-hiking is a way of life for substitute teacher and former marathoner Erin Saver.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Check out these companies doing their part and learn yours.

As part of its mission to analyze Bennu, OSIRIS-REx has set a new record for closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft.

After landing rovers and its spacecraft on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, JAXA is returning with a sample.

In memory of his late wife, a farmer has spent 35 years planting and nurturing a guitar-shaped forest in Argentina.

Take the chill off with these top-performing picks for staying warm.

There's more to an alpaca than their quirky good looks. Did you know the fiber from their fleece is flame-resistant? Here are 11 alpaca facts you may not know.

In his book, "Endurance," astronaut Scott Kelly lays bare the highs and lows of living through NASA's longest single spaceflight.

I've been covering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the past year or so and just wrote about it here on MNN last week.

Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography traveled out to a spot of sea 1,000 miles from shore and were sad to find plastic everywhere.

For a mere $10,000, you can book a seat on a 20-day working cruise to a giant patch of floating plastic trash.

A new study by two graduate students from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego found that a little over nine percent of the fish that swim ne

The trash accumulating in the Pacific Ocean — scientists estimate there are 1.5 million tons of tsunami debris alone — is arriving on the West Coast.

A single-celled, coral-killing creature with 'devil horns' has been found on microplastics in the open ocean.

Angela Sun investigated several aspects of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in her documentary "Plastic Paradise."

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

A recent Harvard study finds that neural activity is a new player when it comes to human aging.

Here's how you can donate or otherwise help the animals, residents and first responders affected by wildfires in Australia.

SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform.

A tiny satellite built by grade schoolers may get a little help from above during its launch.

Formed by material falling onto a newborn star, the two beams of light shoot outward to create the dual-sided lightsaber appearance.

The rocket's return even surprised SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, who initially thought the Falcon 9 booster didn't actually stick its landing.

The glass plates depict solar and lunar eclipses, comets, and even views of binary stars.

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

Likely caused by pollution, levels of mercury in Pacific yellowfin tuna have been on the rise steadily since 1998.

Crumb-free bread could definitely improve options on future space restaurant menus.

A mysterious radio signal from deep space appears to be repeating every 16 days.

Farmers markets are making news for encouraging reasons. Find out what’s happening around the country.

Learn how a community was built with pedestrians in mind.

Learn what is green in the stimulus package.

See how much plastic you can keep out of landfills if you start recycling in the bathroom today!

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

How much of a difference can small changes, like recyclable ketchup packets, make?

A NOAA satellite captures the February 2011 snowstorm as it blankets the U.S.

The storm's huge expanse across nearly two-thirds of the country was clearly visible in NASA satellite imagery.

The movie "Hidden Figures" is the story of the African-American trailblazers who helped win the space race. Now NASA is naming a building after one of them.

Defense budgets might be stable now, but governments may reduce spending in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vanessa explains how to cut back on the waste of commuting.

The highly anticipated successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in spring 2021.