According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the ...

The X-59’s shape is designed to prevent the shockwaves from coalescing together,” said NASA engineer Craig Nickol, outlining the fundamentals of a mission set to turn on its head a half-century of ...

What is required to transform the thunderous crack of a sonic boom into a mere whisper across the sky? On July 10, 2025, the solution became visible on the sun-drenched runways of Palmdale, California ...

NASA has begun testing a new supersonic aircraft, almost 22 years after Concorde flew its last passenger service. The “quiet” X-59 research aircraft – 99.7 feet long, with a wingspan of 29.7 feet – is ...

A SpaceX launch scheduled on Tuesday morning could create a large sonic boom heard across Southern California, officials ...

The future of air travel promises more efficient, environmentally friendly, and comfortable experiences with new aircraft ...

Trump's move to lift a 52-year FAA ban clears the way for supersonic commercial flights over the US, opening a new era in air ...

Though separated by a decade, these two high-profile air tragedies invite a comparative analysis of both the technical circumstances and geopolitical consequences surrounding them.

Florida Tech said it withdrew because "the $10,000 cost and narrow purview are insufficient to appropriately examine the ...

The accident-prone North American F-100 Super Sabre broke the sound barrier in 1953, setting the stage for an arms race from ...

I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic ...

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would military aircraft be allowed to do so?