Of course, the major drawback of supersonic flight is that any object breaking the sound barrier produces a sonic boom. As these are potentially dangerous, most governments ban supersonic flights ...

During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier ... of an object that is ...

An image released on Monday has captured the moment a civilian jet broke the sound barrier during a historic ... the flow away from the surface of an object,” says NASA, “A mercury vapor ...

It's an example of Schlieren photography, a technique that uses refraction to visualize the shifting density of air as an object moves ... supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier.

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier ... a candle or having an object flying by at supersonic ...

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...

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 ...

If the moving object is traveling faster than the speed ... which helps a whip attain its sound barrier-breaking speeds. Their model, which they unveiled in 2015, was indeed able to make a whip ...