NEW YORK -- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson just did Superman a super favor. The scientist, who is director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, was ...

Some elements are common. Some elements are glamorous or dangerous. And then there are some elements with great PR. Krypton is one of those. When it’s not the home planet of the man of steel, krypton ...

Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson helped DC Comics, home of the Superman comics, find a plausible star to be the host of the superhero's home planet, Krypton. A prominent astrophysicist has pinned down a ...

Syfy’s “Krypton,” which debuted March 12, varies considerably from the comics. But that’s OK, because the comics themselves have never been consistent about Superman’s home world. Krypton has always ...

Could the fact that astronomers have yet to find a planet matching the Man of Steel's origin story be the reason he's so moody and peeved at Batman? Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

DC Comics has had a few different versions of Krypton over the years, and here is a look at its best depictions in comics.

__1898: __Two British researchers discover the element krypton. It's real, but it would inspire fantastic fiction. William Ramsay, a Scot, and his student Morris Travers, an Englishman, were searching ...

NEW YORK -- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson just did Superman a super favor. The scientist, who is director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, was ...