Supersonic

Having already re-engineered vacuum cleaners and fans from the ground up, Dyson has now applied its expertise at…

Meet the Aerion AS2. It’s the first supersonic private jet in the world and it just got a 20-unit order from…

The first time I saw this image I thought of an inter-dimensional portal of evil sucking in reality. It's actually…

When you're trying to build the fastest car in human history, like the guys making the Bloodhound SSC, you have to…

Ping pong balls are fragile—they can be easily be crushed with your fingers. Ping pong paddles are really hard—they…

Throughout the 1950s and 60s, aviation engineers struggled to overcome an important issue: That planes became…

Windows are kind of a drag for airplanes—literally. They add extra weight, weaken the body, and generally slow the…

SpaceShipTwo just finished its third rocket-powered test and reached the highest altitude its ever been at 71,000…

Delivering a nuclear strike is only the first phase of a mission. Next comes the most important part: hightailing it…

The ability to drop bombs on targets a continent away can be a huge tactical advantage (even if it is just…

Recently, a group of students at Purdue University used a simple device to make a ping-pong ball break the speed of…

NASA and its partners keep making progress in their quest to design a new passenger airliner that can fly supersonic…

Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking supersonic jump was an amazing feat of human endeavour. But getting Felix to…

This is unforgivable. With all the hoopla about yesterday's crazy supersonic space jump, we didn't celebrate…

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner wasn't able to attempt his record-setting jump last week on account of the weather. He…

If you're tuned into Brazilian national politics, maybe there's some sort of metaphor here. But for the rest of…

When you think of super sonic flight, you probably first think of the Concorde. But that wasn't the first super…

The Concorde became the premiere transport across the Atlantic in part because it was precluded from flying over…

The Concorde was birthed as a symbol. It was a symbol of diplomacy (the result of a treaty between France and…

This is the supersonic wind tunnel located on Tennessee's Arnold Air Force Base. It is used to test "advanced…