The simple jet engine is a thing of the past. The latest designs are highly efficient and powerful, but they pay for their superiority in complication. Until recently, jet engines had only one ...

A turbofan engine is an engineering feat. Here's what to know about how a jet engine works, from the fan in the front to the hot inner core.

In the first episode of Savage Builds, Adam Savage tries to build and control an Iron Man flying suit. But he didn't quite figure out the controls.

It's one thing to 3D-print something as advanced as a jet engine, but it's another to fuel it up and push the start button. That's the step that GE Aviation took when it recently fired up a simple ...

A conventional jet engine uses lots of moving parts (see diagram). Rotating blades draw in air and compress it before igniting it with fuel in a combustion chamber, creating rapidly expanding hot ...

According to Reaction Engines, there's now enough money and technological expertise in place to create a ground-based SABRE demonstrator engine by 2020. A simplified diagram of the SABRE cycle.