Here’s how it works. For the many wondrous things humans can do, we can't fly on our own. But if we could, how big would our wings be? Of course, the answer depends on the person's size.

Suffice it to say, all are magnificent flying machines and a wonder to behold, let alone to fly in. (Links to the seven Forbes stories are provided at the end of this one.) Russian AirForce ...

Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025 ...

Zak Miskry built two kinetic sculptures, a dragonfly and a firefly with a working light, using scrap metal and recycled ...

Maintaining a community was difficult in 2020, when pandemic regulations made gathering impossible in many cases. Sarasota, Florida-based Fly Dance Fitness co-owners Kari Schroeter and Stacey Marks, ...

They’re the building rocks of life. Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth were present in the early days of our solar ...

Mars is apparently not the only planet on our radar capable of sustaining life. UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super-Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the ...

Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life to Earth, scientists report in a pair of new studies published ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

"If extraterrestrials do exist, scientists have found a promising location for where they could be hiding," said the Daily Mail. Named HD 20794 D, the newly discovered exoplanet orbits a star ...