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

A spectacular image was captured during a historic test flight. It shows the supersonic XB-1 aircraft from Boom Supersonic racing past the Sun, revealing shock waves invisible to the ...

a unit of pressure that measures the strength of the shock wave from a sonic boom. An instrument set up on the roof of the Margaritaville Beach Resort on South Padre Island, a popular tourist ...

A sonic boom is a loud, explosive sound similar to thunder, caused by an object traveling faster than the speed of sound. It is a shockwave created as the object moves through the air, as the ...

The sharp release of pressure, after the buildup by the shock wave, is heard as the sonic boom," NASA explains. "The change in air pressure associated with a sonic boom is only a few pounds per ...

SpaceX is gearing up for a late-night launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Thursday night. People in the area will ...

We know what a sonic boom sounds like. But what does it look like? NASA, with help from the steady flying of Boom Supersonic chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, just released a ...

They also confirmed no sonic boom reached the ground during XB-1 demonstrator ... It documents the changing air density around XB-1 and the resulting shock wave—making the invisible visible." ...