On the day that NOVA's "Ultimate Mars Challenge" aired, I was invited to attend a modest little gathering held in its honor. It was one of those times when I realized that I was clearly the least ...

If extraterrestrials were visiting Earth, it would be the biggest news event since the Big Bang. So the seemingly endless speculation, obsession and recycling of stories about unexplained objects in ...

Reports on the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, dominated the news winners at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards Tuesday night. But PBS, which went into the ceremony with far more nominations ...

This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12. Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet's off-world laboratory since it was first inserted ...