Like almost every industry, automotive manufacturing took a beating early in 2020. Sales dropped as buyers scaled back their spending, and carmakers struggled to keep their assembly lines moving in the face of new safety requirements and supplier…

The Most Anticipated Cars of 2021

At last, Ford has unveiled its new Bronco SUVs. The three-variant lineup includes a two-door version that’s the most direct link to the revered Bronco of years past (retired in 1996), a four-door model that nods to modern needs and tastes, and a…

The Ford Bronco Makes Its Glorious Return

The alert from FlightRadar24.com popped up on aviation enthusiasts’ smartphones early this morning: the Antonov AN-225 was finally on the move, after 18 long months of inactivity.
Those who know the monster cargo airplane and eagerly track its global…

The World’s Largest Airplane Flies Again

By Sunday night, I’d had enough of Twitter, CNN, COVID-19, Costco, and everything else about this pandemic. I needed an escape to sanity, to tranquility. So with the family safely sequestered at home and Netflix running overtime, I did what any…

Why Right Now Is the Perfect Time to Learn Astrophotography

The investigation into Sunday’s tragic fatal crash of a helicopter carrying retired basketball star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others, including the pilot, will likely take months, with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)…

After Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Crash, Aviation’s Next Era Can’t Come Soon Enough

Petra, the famed ancient city hidden deep in a craggy canyon in southern Jordan, is one of the world’s most renowned archaeological sites, filled with temple ruins and tombs carved into stone. Its grandest treasure, a mausoleum known as the Treasury,…

How Archaeologists Are Hunting History from Space

The Decade, Reviewed looks back at the 2010s and how it changed human society forever. From 2010 to 2019, our species experienced seismic shifts in science, technology, entertainment, transportation, and even the very planet we call home. This is how…

The Electric Decade: How EVs Redefined Transportation in the 2010s

Part Cyber, Part Truck
Well, we certainly can’t say we weren’t warned. After all, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted for months that his new pickup truck will look like nothing we’d seen before, from this brand or any other.
Last night’s reveal of the…

9 Things You Need To Know About Tesla's Incredibly Weird and Possibly Genius Cybertruck

Ford unveiled its Mustang-inspired electric crossover Sunday night, on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Dubbed the Mach-E, the sleek, low ride promises excellent performance—especially if enthusiasts can wait an extra year for the GT version—and…

8 Things You Need to Know About Ford's Electric Mustang Mach-E

On November 21, the last day of the Los Angeles Auto Show, Tesla will unveil its long-anticipated pickup truck. CEO Elon Musk announced the event on Twitter last week, indicating that it will take place near his SpaceX factory in Los Angeles.
Though…

Everything We Know About Tesla’s Mysterious New Pickup Truck

Earlier this year, Dutch science journalist and satellite tracker Ralf Vandebergh successfully snagged detailed images of the X-37B, the Air Force’s secret spaceplane that recently landed, in low orbit using a hand-trafficking method—catching sight…

How to Track and Photograph Secret Spacecraft

Spy satellites have been with us since the dawn of the Space Age. In fact, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which maintains a database of operational satellites, says that as of March, there were more than 2,000 of the devices in Earth orbit,…

Everything We Know About America's Secret KH-11 Recon Satellites

We’ve all heard Fourth of July fireworks horror stories: burns, blown-off appendages, fires, and disasters. But despite the serious risks, fireworks use has, well, exploded over the last few decades. (Credit the steady relaxation of state laws…

How to Have Fun (and Stay Safe) During This Year's Fireworks-Filled Fourth

It's a gorgeous day. The sun is shining, traffic is moving along smartly. But suddenly—whack! There's a rosebud the size of a quarter smack in the windshield, directly in your line of sight.
You didn't see whatever projectile caused this thing either…

How to Repair Your Cracked Windshield

Rocket launches aren’t easy to observe in person. Their scheduled launch dates and times are merely starting points for negotiation with the weather and the vehicle itself. They could end up going off at 2 p.m. or 2 a.m.—or the whole affair can just…