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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 ...

These blasts—which are increasingly common along the Space Coast in central Florida—can be heard whenever an object breaks the sound barrier. Here’s why. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a ...

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on 28 January, it did not produce a sonic boom audible from the ground, according to US ...

That was the sound of a fighter jet reaching supersonic speeds and breaking the sound barrier, resulting in a sonic boom, a spokesperson for the 180th Fighter Wing confirmed to WTOL 11. The sonic boom ...

The sound barrier is something many people have heard of, but few understand, as it's somewhat of a misnomer. The speed of sound is known as Mach 1 (767 mph), and when an object moves beyond this, ...

Residents of Washington, D.C., and parts of Virginia were startled on Sunday afternoon by an explosive noise that reverberated overhead, which officials later confirmed was a sonic boom produced as ...

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

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...