Latest articles by Edd Gent
China wants to build a mega spaceship that’s nearly a mile long
A Chinese science proposal plans to study how to get a giant spacecraft into space.
What is suborbital flight? (And why do we care?)
The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, will blast into space in his first-ever suborbital flight. But what does that mean, and does it even matter?
Never-ending detonations could blast hypersonic craft into space
A never-ending detonation could be the key to hypersonic flight and space planes that can seamlessly fly from Earth into orbit.
US Air Force is guarding against electromagnetic pulse attacks. Should we worry?
A U.S. Air Force base in Texas has taken the first steps to guard against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. But what, exactly, is an EMP, and how big is the threat?
The 'Three-Body Problem' Has Perplexed Astronomers Since Newton Formulated It. A.I. Just Cracked It in Under a Second.
It took just fractions of a second.
Here's What We Know About Russia's Hypersonic Waverider Weapon
Warnings of a Russian hypersonic weapon that the U.S. can't defend against may have had you running for the bomb shelter last week. But what, exactly, is this weapon, and how does it work?
