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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe becomes the fastest artificial object ever, 180 times faster than our fastest plane!
At such incredible speeds, the probe could complete roughly 15 circumnavigations of the Earth in ju…
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7 wild photos of the SR-71 Blackbird's afterburners in action
Despite the US Air Force officially retiring the Blackbird in 1990 (although NASA would use two of …
Daniel Brown
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Boeing unveils conceptual hypersonic jet design to replace the SR-71 Blackbird
The "airplane concept and associated technology are targeted for a hypersonic ISR (reconnaissance)/…
Daniel Brown
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Step inside the cockpit of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird
Behold the cockpit of one of the finest spy planes ever built, the SR-71 Blackbird. The Blackbird, …
Alex Lockie
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Elon Musk and Grimes' favorite plane is the SR-71 Blackbird, a legendary US spy plane that could fly at 3 times the speed of sound. Take a closer look.
The A-12 was the precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird, the more well-known of the two that Grimes and M…
Thomas Pallini
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A Lockheed Martin executive hinted that the ultra-secret SR-72 'Son of Blackbird' may already exist
And, in perhaps a more far-fetched development, an American man named Tyler Gluckner, who runs a po…
Daniel Brown
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15 photos of the MiG-31, the Russian fighter jet that can chase away SR-71 Blackbirds
The CEO of the Russia's Mikoyan aircraft company recently made some wild claims about the MiG-41 - …
Daniel Brown
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I flew on a private plane with Blackbird, the flight-sharing startup that's like the UberPool for planes - here's what it's like
The same way that Uber and Lyft offer lower-cost fares that match you with riders going your same d…
Katie Canales
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An SR-71 pilot describes what it's like to fly the legendary Blackbird at Mach 3: 'You don't have any sensation of speed'
"It was not uncommon at night to fly in a westerly direction and have the sun come up,'' Kinego tol…
Daniel Brown
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Beyoncé's covers are landing Boomer country artists in the ears of Gen Z
Beyoncé's first country album "Cowboy Carter" features covers of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and The Be…
Hannah Getahun
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Tiera Kennedy isn't allowed to reveal when Beyoncé recruited her for 'Cowboy Carter'
Tiera Kennedy is featured on Beyoncé's new album "Cowboy Carter." She spoke to BI about recording v…
Callie Ahlgrim
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'Act III' will be Beyoncé's next album: Here are the 4 genres the Beyhive thinks it could be
Following the release of "Cowboy Carter," fans are speculating on Beyoncé's next album genre.
Hannah Getahun
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Cockatoos dip their crackers in water like cookies in milk, according to a study that shows the parrots are surprisingly picky about texture
The study is the first time any bird in the parrot family has been observed dunking their food in l…
Maiya Focht
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The Tesla chair was meant to rein in Elon Musk, but she's shunned the spotlight. A court ruling has dragged her into it.
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm came in for criticism in a legal ruling that voided Elon Musk's $55.8 bil…
Hasan Chowdhury
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SpaceX’s 14-year-old recruit says his mom will drive him to work until he’s old enough to get a license
Kairan Quazi is the youngest graduate of Santa Clara University and is about to become a Starlink e…
Jyoti Mann
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Meet the newest employee at Elon Musk's SpaceX. He's 14.
Kairan Quazi is about to graduate from Santa Clara University and start working as a software engin…
Jyoti Mann
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Leaked documents reveal China's plans to launch a supersonic spy drone that could fly 3 times the speed of sound, WaPo reports
The drones could assist China in real-time mapping that would inform strategy or enable high-speed …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A YouTuber bet a physicist $10,000 that a wind-powered vehicle could travel twice as fast as the wind itself - and won
A UCLA physics professor bet a popular science YouTuber $10,000 that one of his videos promoted fal…