Boom Supersonic has launched the "Boom Prize," offering $800,000 ($750k cash + $50k in stock) to the first amateur team to repeatedly break the sound barrier with a radio-controlled, air-breathing ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just announced a new proposal that would lift the just-over 50-year ban on ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

This modified Northrop F-5E jet was used during 2003 for NASA’s Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration program. Photo courtesy National Aeronautics and Space Administration The loud booming that jolted ...

It’s the question that has been circulating across New England since Saturday after a meteor exploded over the region, producing a loud boom that could be heard several states away. According to the ...

A sonic boom that left people across New England looking to the sky was likely a meteor, according to meteorologists. Police departments in Massachusetts began receiving calls Saturday afternoon of a ...

Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts ...

South Carolina was shaken by confusion and concern on May 28, after residents across the Midlands reported what sounded and felt like a massive explosion. Preliminary data pointed to an unusual ...

The boom could be heard across several states and shook houses. The boom could be heard across several states and shook houses. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over ...

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