“Anytime you have a sharp sound exceeding 140 decibels, there is a non-negligible risk of hearing loss,” he said. The sonic boom from the October Starship launch measured up to 146 decibels in ...

The result, he says, is a shaped sonic boom that is 20 to 25 decibels lower than the Concorde. "Because you've taken out the higher frequencies and lowered the sound pressure in general somewhat ...

Flight experts say in ideal conditions, a sonic boom can be heard up to 30 miles away from the source. It’s not clear where ...

Muting the sonic boom has been a massive engineering challenge ... The resulting blast could reach 110 decibels, similar to a loud thunderclap nearby. Engineers thus created a design that seeks ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...