You've probably seen an airplane window break in a movie and the catastrophic effect that can have, but what really happens ...

Imagine you're learning to fly a plane when the unthinkable happens: a bird slams into the window while flying at night.

Ever fly close to the storm and worry about that flash outside your window ... run through without affecting critical systems inside. In fact, lightning hasn't brought down a commercial plane ...

The real reason you can't see stars outside the window on a plane has been revealed by an ... can tarnish your view of the twinkling night sky, says theoretical astrophysicist and science writer ...