This is research that could help advance the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative's vision of laser-driven space travel. Launched in 2016 by the late Stephen Hawking and tech investor Yuri Milner ...

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave ...

A viral video has reignited a long-standing debate over "manspreading" on public transport after a woman had a brilliant ...

Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard is developing a plane powered by liquid hydrogen after a much-hyped flight in 2015 ...

Illustration: NASA Falling space junk has already disrupted air travel this year, with debris from a Space X test flight forcing flights over the Caribbean to delay or divert. In Australia ...

Space exploration would open the door to inhabiting different planets. Space travel provides an insurance policy of sorts. In case the Earth becomes unfit for life, then at least we’ll have a ...

We've yet to see a falling piece of space debris strike an airplane, but if it happens, the consequences would almost ...

"In short, there is a 26 percent chance of an uncontrolled space debris reentry in busy airspaces such as the Northeastern United States or Northern Europe each year," Ewan Wright of the ...