The plane was finally retired by the Air Force in 1998, and NASA operated the last two airworthy Blackbirds until 1999. The SR71 is the fastest operational military aircraft ever. Piloting was a ...

Astronomers have found winds on a distant world that blow at a phenomenal 5.6 miles per second (9 kilometers per second), or 20,500 miles per hour (33,000 kilometers per hour) — the fastest ...

The X-43 still tops the ranking of the fastest planes of all time - which includes military aircrafts and both active and inactive experimental projects. This marvel was developed as part of NASA ...

The extreme supersonic winds of WASP-127b are more than 60 times faster than the fastest winds ever observed on Earth ...

Astronomers have found winds on a distant world that blow at a phenomenal 5.6 miles per second (9 kilometers per second), or 20,500 miles per hour (33,000 kilometers per hour) — the fastest winds ever ...

For comparison, Neptune holds the record for the fastest winds in our solar system; the winds on WASP-127b are an astonishing 18 times stronger. The recent observations also suggest the planet has ...