One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Bahamas.

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...

During each liftoff and landing, several factors are in play affecting the intensity and duration of each sonic boom.

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Neutrinos are sometimes called “ghost particles,” because they are nearly weightless, rarely interact with any other matter, ...

When Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier last month, it achieved commercial supersonic flight for the first time ...