I tested dropping solid steel balls, and the sound they made was like a mini sonic boom! The impact was wild — here’s what ...

The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it ...

Sonic booms are still heard in the U.S. from the nation’s military aircraft. In 2021, a sonic boom caused widespread concern that there was an earthquake on the Oregon coast.

A sonic boom is created when an object, like a rocket or plane, is traveling faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms can sound as loud as an explosion or, more quietly, like a rumble of ...

NASA has released a new image showing the moment Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier without producing an ...

On January 28, the company’s XB-1 demonstrator achieved supersonic flight three times with no audible sonic boom measured on the ground. That paves the way for quiet travel at the speed of sound ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

The sonic boom from the October Starship launch measured up to 146 decibels in some areas. “That’s like being a few feet away from a gunshot without hearing protection,” Gee said.

Sonic booms are still heard in the U.S. from the nation's military aircraft. In 2021, a sonic boom from F-15 fighter jets caused widespread concern that there was an earthquake on the Oregon coast.

Sonic booms are still heard in the U.S. from the nation's military aircraft. In 2021, a sonic boom from F-15 fighter jets caused widespread concern that there was an earthquake on the Oregon coast.

People living in and around Washington D.C. experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched a fighter jet on Sunday, June 4, 2023, ...