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B-52J: The B-52 'Stratofortress' Bomber Could Fly for 100 Years
The B-52 Stratofortress, a legendary U.S. Air Force strategic bomber, continues to serve over 70 years after its first flight ...
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U.S. Navy Iowa-Class Battleships Could Have Fired Nuclear Bomb Shells
By the end of World War II, advancements in military technology rendered traditional battleship guns less decisive. In ...
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World War II-Era Aircraft Visit World’s Third-Busiest Airport
The flights lasted around half an hour, arriving and departing from DFW, which is the world’s third-busiest airport. Both ...
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Why the Midway-Class 'Battle' Carriers Were Essential to U.S. Naval Dominance
The Midway-class aircraft carriers, including the iconic USS Midway, were among the largest warships ever built, designed ...
Automatic takeoffs are coming for passenger jets and they’re going to redraw the map of the sky
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer says its automatic takeoff system will improve safety by reducing pilot workload, as ...
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Black hole blasts largest jet ever seen at 23 million light-years long
Astronomers have seen the largest jets ever found erupting from a black hole. The giant jet system Porphyrion is 23 million light-years long, equal to 140 side-by-side Milky Way galaxies.
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Astronomers Discovered the Biggest Pair of Black Hole Jets Ever, and It's the Stuff of Cosmic Horror
In other words, one black hole is continuously erupting energy and plasma into space across a distance more than 140 times ...
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This New Satellite Could Help Cities and Towns Contain Methane Emissions
Local governments have jurisdiction over the third-largest source of methane emissions: the decomposition of organic waste in ...