Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

Boom Supersonic announced Monday that its airliner could fly above Mach 1 without producing a sonic boom audible from the ground. As Concorde could only fly supersonic over water, this discovery ...

SpaceX announced its eighth Starship launch for Monday, March 3 and is advising residents of a possible sonic boom during the ...

NASA has confirmed small meteorites fell in Washington County late last month. Officials at the space agency said there were ...

Tasmanians have been told debris from a Russian rocket could fall in waters near the island, with the possibility of a "sonic ...

Debris from a Russian rocket is expected to fall into waters near Tasmania within the next four days, according to the ...

no one on the ground could hear the sonic boom from the aircraft The XB-1 went ... afterburning its way to Mach 2, making it impossible to stay within the Mach cutoff envelope.

Boom Supersonic, the company aiming to create commercial planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound, have ...

This amazing image shows the moment Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during its second supersonic flight on 10 February 2025. The company is developing the world's fastest ...

Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight ...

They're expected to run at a maximum Mach 1.7 — slower than Concorde's Mach 2.04 ... One of Boom's biggest challenges is flying supersonic over land without producing a disruptive sonic boom.

Both times, the XB-1 was able to show off a phenomenon Boom is calling the "Boomless Cruise," which enables supersonic travel over land without an audible sonic boom. In total, XB-1 broke the ...