If you've ever wondered what the financial or ecological costs of a bottle of water really are, then check out this great infographic detailing the facts of bottled water. Some of the things are really interesting, l...

Photo by Carsten Peter Perched above the lighted city of Catania, Italy, Mount Etna hurls a fountain of fire skyward as rivers of lava spill down its flanks. In spite of its dazzling displays, Mount Etna is a relati...

This beautiful picture of Earth was taken by the European Space Agency's Rosetta...

A few months ago, photographer and environ...  ...movie HOME, a documentary about life on Earth and the current environmental challenges...  ...timillion-copy international bestseller Earth from Above. Home, released in conjuncti...

This apple is in the portfolio of artist Kevin Van Aelst, along with quite a few other neat visual works. The only problem I have is that he forgot Madagascar. Link...

This is the magnificent Cartwheel galaxy, a stel...  ...idoscopic galaxy lies 500million light years from Earth , and its unusual shape is due to a catastrophic c...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87mFSVws-U][YouTube - Link] Our fight against global warming is futile. Nature is going to equalize everything in the end. Here is a cool animation about plate techtonics be...

Back on December 24, 1968 the crew of the Apollo 8...  ...so to take one of the most iconic pictures of the Earth rising behind the Moon on Christmas Eve which can...  ...seen here on the post Alex had put up: The First Earthrise . Here you'll hear them wishing everyone a Merry...

For the first time forty years ago yesterday, huma...  ...forty years ago yesterday, humans saw their first Earthrise . BBC has the story:... on Christmas Eve 1968, non...  ...re ready for the opportunity to witness their own Earthrise .In all the months of training and preparation whi...

We all learned it growing up - The Earth 's crust is made up of three distinct layers: Core...