American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and when can we expect it?

High above the speed of sound, said Designer Ed Heinemann and Pilot Bill Bridgeman, there is a new peril of the sky: “supersonic yaw.” As designers and test pilots pushed their planes up ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible photo capturing a shockwave emanating from the dark silhouette of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a Feb.

On February 10, in the skies above the Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test jet roared past Mach 1, tearing through ...

The data discovered might lead the way for supersonic commercial flights without sonic booms, the company said in the news ...

The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier without producing the thunderous sonic booms that ...

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert.

"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier." ...

NASA just wrapped engine performance tests on its X-59 research aircraft, which the space agency hopes will prove a means of mitigating supersonic aircraft’s odious sonic booms. NASA and ...

Astronomers have spotted a "supersonic jetstream" on a nearby alien ... an astronomer at the University of Science and Technology of China, said in the statement. At the moment, only ground ...