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

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

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

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

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

As the Manchester band kick off their massive world tour tonight, two of their biographers reveal why a new generation of ...

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

The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it could now be viable.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl wants to bring back flights that break the sound barrier. Now he just needs to figure out whether airlines and travelers will buy in.

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Using Schlieren photography, they captured air distortions that are usually ...

A ground-based NASA team used Schlieren photography to capture and visualize the shock waves created by XB-1's supersonic flight.