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 ...

Occasionally I see references in Astronomy to the speed of something as "supersonic." I'm having trouble reconciling this ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft is approaching one of the most significant moments of its development as it prepares for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An XB-1 aircraft’s shock waves created during a supersonic flight have been captured using specialized ground-based photography.

NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic have teamed to create a technique that visualizes the shock waves generated out of the second supersonic test flight of its XB-1 prototype.

Earlier this month, NASA unveiled the X-59 aircraft, its experimental supersonic jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound — with a "sonic boom" no louder than the bounce of a basketball.

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I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. Boom Supersonic expects to break the sound ...