A California fire captain sexually abused three children over the span of more than two decades, prosecutors allege.

For the third time in a year, Planet Labs has signed a "major satellite services contract" with a foreign government, this time with the Swedish military (Japan and Germany were the previous ...

U.S. Army Capt. Jeremy Chambers, of U.S. Army Pacific, recites the oath as he is promoted from master sergeant to captain, Dec. 4, 2025, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. (Sgt. Qishaunia Hawkins/U.S. Army) In a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A former California Highway Patrol captain avoided jail time, receiving three years’ probation after pleading ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope. This rare dual perspective allowed them to weigh the planet and pinpoint ...

Nearly 10,000 light years away, a planet the size of Saturn is floating all on its own through empty space. In a stroke of luck, researchers were able to spot this strange, dark world using both ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an astonishing exoplanet that’s stretching our understanding of what’s possible for these distant worlds. And when we say say “stretch, ...

Astronomers have found what appears to be one of the strangest known worlds in the universe. It orbits a type of rapidly spinning neutron star called a pulsar – this in itself is unusual, but it is ...

In “The Sea Captain’s Wife,” Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the thrilling story of Mary Ann Patten, the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship. By Jennifer Wright Jennifer Wright is the author, most ...

Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ...

The animal history documentary series Prehistoric Planet returns today on Apple TV with a new Ice Age installment. If you aren’t a subscriber, now is a great time with a 50% off Black Friday deal ...