Thrust-vectoring makes impossible maneuvers possible. The huge, powerful jets can perform extremely tight turns that ...

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The rise of the commercial space industry in the past decade has been nothing short of amazing to watch. Not only have we witnessed some brilliant innovations brought to reality, such as reusable ...

The Irkutsk Aircraft Plant (IAZ) is assembling two Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighters for the Russian air force, Alexey Fedorov, president of the controlling Irkut corporation, said. The pair will be ...

It's difficult to make a rocket if you are one of the first rocket makers. Sometimes, you simply don't know the best way to design a rocket so you just have to pick something. This is exactly what ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rockets are our species' best way of escaping the atmosphere of Earth and reaching space. But the ...

Like a child scared to dive into a pool, cosmic matter needs one last push to plunge into a black hole. New observations confirm that magnetic fields provide this final galactic shove. The ...

I think it's safe to talk about some Avengers physics now. I was inspired by an epic picture released by Marvel Studios, which you can see in the tweet below. (If Marvel puts it "out there," I don't ...