The new "Star Trek" film warped into on Thursday (May 16) and space enthusiasts may find something familiar in the opening scenes of the fictional universe: a made-up planet named Nibiru. Full story
A big asteroid will cruise by Earth at the end of the month, making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries. Full story
Some estimates put the planet on a pace to lose half of all species by the end of the century, and accordingly, conservation efforts in the United States have moved far beyond not shooting animals. Full story
There's a chance that NASA's Kepler space telescope can recover from the malfunction that has halted its wildly successful search for alien planets, mission team members say. Full story
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system. Full story
Earth's solid-metal inner core is a key component of the planet, helping to give rise to the magnetic field that protects us from harmful space radiation, but its remoteness from the planet's surface means that there is much we don't know about what goes on down there. But some secrets of the inner Full story
Google and Time magazine have stitched together satellite images collected by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, showcasing developments in our planet’s landscape via time-lapse. NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports.
The space agency says it needs more money to protect the planet by identifying near-Earth objects that could pose a threat. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports.
With recent reports about the spike in carbon emissions last year and news this week that the planet is now warmer than it's been in 4000 years, Chris Hayes notes that people across the political spectrum are noticing that climate change is here and real.
The Nation’s Ari Berman, NBC latino contributor Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s Mike Weilbacher, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s Peggy Shepard talk about the largest contemporary dangers facing our planet and the ethical issues o
Tom Chiarella joins The Cycle to talk about the “new gold rush” of fracking.
Images from outer space highlight the fragility — and the resilience — of our beautiful blue planet.
Relative sizes of Kepler habitable zone planets discovered as of April 18, 2013 in this artist's rendition provided by NASA. REUTERS/NASA Amers/JPL-Caltech/Handout
