Physicists discovered that the famous ‘Star Trek’ spaceship got a lot right about designing a ship to jump from galaxy to ...

The glow from faster-than-light particles gives us a unique way to explore the universe. Nothing can travel faster than light — in a vacuum. But when light slows down, sometimes matter can blaze past ...

Several factors converged to ultimately kill Optane. First, the market simply didn't embrace it the way Intel hoped. Consumer ...

Yes, we know it’s still unfair to compare modern cars to old ones, but these cars only show how accessible performance is ...

An aerospace company has unveiled a new hypersonic engine which it says makes a “major breakthrough” in high-speed flight. Venus Aerospace, a Texas-based company focused on making hypersonic travel a ...

The speed of light is a fundamental constant, approximately 299,792,458 meters per second. It's the same for all observers and hasn't changed measurably over billions of years. Nothing can travel ...

But here's the thing: while the McLaren F1 is still seen as one of the greatest automobiles ever made, there is a sedan that ...

When I was a teenager, I was—shockingly, I know—deeply nerdy. At a science-fiction convention, I bought a button that read, “186,282 miles/second: Not just a good idea, it’s the law.” It was poking ...

Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest person, ran a 100-meter sprint at a speed of 23.35 miles per hour (37.57 kilometers per hour). That’s mind-blowingly fast for a human. It’s about the same speed as ...

MILAN (AP) — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash ...