On July 17, 1949, renowned British aircraft company de Havilland introduced the world's first commercial jet airliner: the de Havilland Comet. Equipped with four Ghost turbojet engines, large square ...

Oval-shaped airplane windows are the norm today, but they were once square. Read on to find out what led to this structural ...

The tendency to pitch up violently, or enter an uncontrollable dive at the stall led to pilots flying the approach into ...

Here's how these aircraft are named. The Boeing Company was founded in 1916 by William E Boeing in Seattle. The company became notable for its Boeing 247 aircraft, an airliner that pioneered many ...

The Breda-Zappata BZ.308, a sleek Italian four-engine airliner, first flew in 1948. Designed by Filippo Zappata, it blended ...

Aircraft made by Boeing feature slightly different noses to those made by Airbus. This article explains how and why.

Ever wondered why these windows are always oval in shape? The answer is an eye-opener. de Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial airliner, was equipped with square windows. In an unfortunate ...

The de Havilland Sea Vixen was the first British two-seat fighter to ever break the sound barrier. Known initially as DH 110, it was one of de Havilland Aircraft Company's earliest jet fighters. The ...

What: Comet 3I/ATLAS reached perihelion on October 30, 2025. This special SETI Live explored what scientists have learned ...

Perplexity Throws Open the Doors to Its Comet AI Browser, Now Free for Everyone Your email has been sent Perplexity AI has announced that its Comet browser ...

AI startup Perplexity has been hitting a new milestone almost every other week now. The company’s most recent one was making its Comet browser generally available to everyone for free, removing the ...

The comet is only the third interstellar object recorded in the solar system. Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed ...