In 2023, China’s ‘electromagnetic sledge’ system became the first large-scale electromagnetic launcher to break ...

Supersonic experiments are forcing physicists to rewrite a rule of thumb that has guided metal design for roughly 70 years, ...

NASA has captured groundbreaking images of shock waves from supersonic aircraft, the space agency said, as part of efforts to create a jet that flies faster than the speed of sound without producing a ...

Scientists used a high-speed camera to record the moment the cork pops. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Popping open a bottle of ...

For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that creates a powerful sonic boom -- a huge noise that travels down to the ground below like a ...

Anyone who has experienced a sonic boom for themselves knows just how startling the massive clap of energy can feel. Sonic booms can carry for huge distances and, depending on how far they have to ...