China is working on a hypersonic passenger jet concept that, on paper, could lap the planet in roughly seven hours, shrinking ...

A laser-powered experiment reveals turbulence secrets that could make hypersonic flight — and one-hour global travel — a ...

While the prospect of hypersonic travel is exciting, there are several challenges to overcome. The Stargazer is estimated to cost $33 million and will have a limited passenger capacity of 12. There ...

Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence ...

Being able to cross half the planet in barely more time than it takes to watch an episode of your favorite series... What was ...

You can't eliminate distance, but in near-space, where there's little air resistance, you can move pretty dang fast. In laymen's terms, that's the founding principle of a company that's developing a ...

A Chinese aerospace firm has completed the first test flight of a passenger plane that it claims can fly at Mach 4 – more than twice the speed of Concorde. Beijing-based Space Transportation, also ...

This hypersonic jet could get travelers from New York City to London in under an hour. Venus Aerospace, a Texan aerospace company, is working on building a hypersonic jet, dubbed the Stargazer, that ...

Australia's space industry is being shaken by news of the Hypersonix Launch Systems announcement of a partnership with Southern Launch. The DART hypersonic spaceplane promised to fly at speeds five ...