The popular Viper roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia got stuck Sunday evening, leaving more than a dozen passengers stranded high in the air. Video showed riders stuck on the ...

A California roller coaster dubbed as "one of the tallest and fastest looping roller coasters in the world" got stuck Sunday evening, stranding about a dozen people, according to reports.

The new name is part of the ongoing rebranding of the section of Kings Dominion where the roller coaster is located as the ...

The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrillseekers down an icy ramp past a variety of colored lanterns. Catherine the Great gave this custom a ...

The Astro Blasters vehicle worked like a bumper car but also launched balls at other participants. The DisneyQuest space, ...

[Jared Holladay] is a computer engineering student at the University of Cincinnati and a life-long roller coaster fanatic. A lot of people look at roller coasters as an exciting example of physics ...

Younger visitors can enjoy kiddie rides like a carousel and spinning tea cups, while older kids and adults test their bravery on the park's thrill rides like the Sea Viper roller coaster.

[Jon Mendenhall] fixed this deficiency by designing a model roller coaster that accurately simulates a full-sized ride. The track and cart are all made of 3D printed pieces, which altogether took ...

Six Flags Magic Mountain will once again unleash legions of demons, ghouls and crazed lunatics for Fright Fest 2021 as the Halloween haunted event returns to the Valencia amusement park after ...

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This is released when the roller coaster reaches the top. The amount of kinetic energy in the object depends on its speed and mass. When the roller coaster moves downwards, kinetic energy is ...

Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones. This is the conclusion of research that has won this year's Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine. The US researchers ...