In the late sixties, Ford was undergoing major transformations in the Mustang department. The high-performing Shelbys were forced to play second fiddle to factory muscle, trumpeted by the arrival of ...

John Leonard is redeeming the 7 million points that should've earned him a fighter jet 30 years ago for a prize that's almost as good — and far more useful Colson Thayer is a writer-reporter for ...

Scientists have traced a 3,000-light-year-long cosmic jet streaming out from the first black hole ever imaged to its likely source point with the help of "significantly enhanced coverage" from the ...

The polar jet stream is a high altitude air current, flowing at elevations between 8 and 12 kilometers, that moves at very high speeds across the Northern Hemisphere. Its role is to separate cold air ...

The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and ...

The jet stream buffered the US in hurricane season The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with ...

Earth’s upper atmosphere depended on a delicate balance of forces to keep the polar vortex trapped at the top of the world. The Polar Night Jet, a high-speed ribbon of wind circling the Arctic, acted ...

Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

Owning a private jet is a luxury reserved for the ultra-wealthy, but they do come with a long list of benefits. When compared to commercial airline flights, there is more personal space, and there are ...

A shift in the jet stream is forecast to drive a rapid swing from warm to cool temperatures across western Europe toward the end of this week. Unseasonably warm weather is expected first, with the jet ...

The sky may seem like a huge open playground for airplanes to fly without speed limits in any direction they wish. In reality, planes adhere to certain rules and follow fixed flight paths, much like ...