SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, carrying the Ax-4 crew, is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego at 2:31 a.m. PT on ...

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 ...

Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

Thunder is the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. The latest edition of Science Behind the ...

After Nick Sheryka's dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn't ...

A sonic boom is created when an object, like a rocket or plane, is traveling faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms can sound as loud as an explosion or, more quietly, like a rumble of thunder.

The blade tip speed limit of a propeller plane's propeller can determine the plane's top speed for reasons relating to design ...

Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. What's next for mach ...

The robotic arm could help farmers harvest crops even in increasingly challenging conditions, such as rising temperatures.