Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
MIT Technology Review3d
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
New Scientist on MSN11d
Experimental XB-1 aircraft goes supersonic for the first time
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...
Boom’s XB-1 aircraft breaks sound barrier: Is supersonic travel the future?
American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during ...
Horrifying ‘roasted planet’ has ‘torture’ event every 111 days where Nasa says ‘nightmare alien world boils to 1,100C’
AN alien world “suffers star-grazing torture” every 111 days as its fiery sun boils the planet to a hellish 1,093C. This ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch9d
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
As a supersonic plane speeds through the air, it pushes molecules aside with great force, forming a shock wave “much like a ...
CNN4d
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
they’re referring to supersonic flight: fighter jets can travel at around Mach 2. The sound from the fighter jet is trapped inside its shock wave; until the shock wave moves to your position on ...