A crash involving the planet’s largest moon, Titan, and a hypothetical moon may have triggered a curious sequence of events ...

On, NASA reached a pivotal milestone in America’s race to the Moon with the first launch of an Apollo-Saturn IB rocket, known as AS-201, from Cape Kennedy—today’s Cape Canaveral.

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born in a colossal cosmic crash. New research suggests Titan formed when two older moons slammed together hundreds of millions of years ago—an event so ...

On March 4, 2005, homemaking guru Martha Stewart returned home after serving five months in a federal prison for conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding and making false statements to federal ...

The astronomer Galileo died at the beginning of 1642, when Nicolaus Steno had just celebrated his fourth birthday. The 40 ...

At one time, the oak was both old and young, and its gifts to life were many. It fed wildlife. Its roots held the earth when ...

The planets are aligning. This Saturday is a rare chance to see several of our closest cosmic neighbors in a single sky. Six planets will assemble themselves for a spectacular “planetary parade” that ...

"He showed up for his friends and neighbors without being asked and his impact on this community is real and lasting," Jake ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s ...