The Titanic holds an infamous role in history, but some parts of the story are not clear. Here is what you need to know about the ship's sinking.

More than 1,500 people died during the sinking of the Titanic. Of its total 2,240 passengers and crew, only 706 people ...

At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the “unsinkable” R.M.S. Titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with her 1,500 souls. One hundred years later, new technologies have revealed the most ...

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in the North Atlantic?

The fog that was delaying dives to the Titanic roiled behind the OceanGate Expeditions Mission 2 flag at the stern of the Polar Prince as the company's CEO, Travel Weekly editor in chief Arnie ...

Everything from a cursed mummy to a steering mistake have been floated as the real causes of the ‘Titanic’ disaster—and some conspiracy theories claim the ship never sank at all.

The new scan captures the wreck in its entirety, revealing a complete view of the Titanic. It lies in two parts, with the bow and the stern separated by about 800m (2,600ft).

For planetary scientist Alan Stern, witnessing the 20th century deep sea sarcophagus that is the Titanic serves up analogies to spaceflight.

More than 111 years after it sank, the Titanic remains one of the world's most famous shipwrecks and a source of huge intrigue. With the vessel having long been deemed too fragile to raise back to ...

The Titanic then broke in half, and on April 15, around 2:20 a.m., the stern and bow of the massive ship sank to the ocean floor.

The Titanic wreck is hard to reach and harder to capture, with most images showing just a section at a time. The first full-sized digital scan offers what experts call a game-changing view.