Falling out of an airplane without a parachute is almost certainly fatal; understand the physics of freefall. Samuel Alito ...

Vesna Vulović, trapped in the tail section of the DC-9 as it plummeted to Earth, survived the crash in a snow-covered forest, ...

The victim was in the process of jumping when his parachute failed to open, the sheriff’s office said. Witnesses said he spun and collided with a rock wall. He fell about 650 feet (200 meters) to the ...

A 36-year-old man parachuted from the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris after illegally scaling the church. It took place on March 20th, when the man made the jump without permission, exposing security ...

This new research suggests that "ordinary black holes" without a central singularity — the physics equivalent of having your cake and eating it — may be more than just the fever dream of ...

There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws of physics. This limitation has not stopped people from investigating the possibility, and the latest addition to the propellant-less ...

Milwaukee's Parachute House, a respite home for adults in need of emotional and recovery support, announced Friday it will have to close April 6 as a result of mass federal budget cuts from U.S ...

He was one of the last surviving members of the all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickels. Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to be the oldest surviving World War ...

March 29, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.