If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...

When the object breaks the sound barrier, this pressure wave cascades outward in a cone shape, forming a shock wave. The abrupt pressure change creates the characteristic sonic boom heard on the ...

Sonic Boom: A loud noise caused by the shock waves created when an object travels through the air at a speed greater than the speed of sound. Atmospheric Turbulence: Irregular or chaotic changes ...

“As the aircraft maintains supersonic speed, all the sound waves that should’ve dispersed in front of it pile up and form shock waves. When these pressure waves combine, a single shock wave forms,” ...

This week, a sleek white jet became the first privately built aircraft to fly faster than sound, soaring high above the Mojave Desert as a crowd watched in excitement ...

By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...

Here’s how it works. Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg ...

It happened at around 11am and caused buildings to shake and car alarms to go off. A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, tearing through the air tens ...