During each rocket liftoff and landing, several factors are in play affecting the intensity and duration of each sonic boom that may come with it.

Since the last Concorde touched down for the final time in 2003, commercial aviation has operated at a curious standstill.

Boom Supersonic announced that it could fly faster than the speed of sound without a sonic boom. Elon Musk backed the CEO's calls for regulatory changes to allow supersonic flights over land. A change ...

Boom Supersonic, a company working to develop passenger aircraft capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound, announced that its planes will be able to fly at supersonic speeds without the ...

This is what a split in the polar vortex looks like! Highlighted by the red boxes, you can see two distinct circulation centers, versus strictly one. This allows for cold air to flood southward into ...

Achieving supersonic flight over land may be within the reach of Boom Supersonic’s Overture aircraft, a potentially historic development that could revolutionize the commercial passenger airline ...

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Today, many military aircraft can break the sound barrier to enter supersonic flight. Certain commercial models can as well, including the Concorde, which is famous for its record-breaking flights. As ...

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More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The latest SpaceX launch from Vandenberg became a topic of conversation due to the loud sonic boom that followed. Even retired Westmont Physics Professor, Dr. Ken Kihlstrom, ...