A commercial airliner can weigh anywhere from 100,000 pounds to over a million pounds. It is astonishing how such gargantuan weight can not only take off from the ground, but also routinely fly long ...

Backcountry aviation offers a unique flying experience focused on exploration, solitude, and challenging remote landings. The article showcases five distinct aircraft suitable for backcountry flying, ...

Airplane takeoff speed is highly variable and depends on an aircraft's specific aerodynamic design (shape, wing features) and current environmental conditions (weather, density altitude, wind). The ...

There's often talk about space weather and solar storms, but we don't necessarily see the associated dangers. But solar events reaching Earth can impact electronics and potentially cause tragic ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

On a warm summer morning at Princeton University, aerospace engineer Aimy Wissa was at the university helipad, preparing to fly a remote-controlled plane. But this wasn’t just any model aircraft.