Revival of supersonic air travel is a subject which has largely been relegated to 'silly season' status in the two decades ...

Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...

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

On January 28, the company’s XB-1 demonstrator achieved supersonic flight three times with no audible sonic boom measured on the ground. That paves the way for quiet travel at the speed of sound ...

For example, NASA's joint project with Lockheed Martin, the X-59 aircraft, allegedly reduces the infamous sonic boom to a "sonic thump," according to the organization.

The XB-1 achieved supersonic flight on three shorter runs Monday, again without any sonic boom being heard or registered. The aircraft achieved a record Mach 1.14 sustainable speed with spurts as ...

During the sonic boom tests over OKC in 1964, ... The sonic boom can be avoided by limiting speed and relying on the atmosphere to scatter the sound before it reaches anyone's ears.