Residents across western Victoria have reported up a meteor lighting up the night sky before crashing in the state’s west.

The sonic boom from the October Starship launch measured up to 146 decibels in some areas. “That’s like being a few feet away from a gunshot without hearing protection,” Gee said.

The width of the boom is about one mile for each 1,000 feet of altitude. That means an aircraft flying at 50,000 feet would produce a sonic boom cone about 50 miles wide.

Heads up! The Dragon Capsule will splash down at 12:17 a.m. East of Brunswick, meaning the First Coast may hear a sonic boom around midnight. We also may be able to see a reentry fireball.

The release of pressure after a shockwave is the roaring noise people hear. — -- Southern New Jersey was rocked by a sonic boom this afternoon, and no one has yet to claim responsibility for ...

That loud boom was, in fact, a sonic boom from a F-15 fighter jet. In a Facebook post, Robins Air Force Base says it happened over Central Georgia at around 3:30 p.m.

Most commercial airliners fly at Mach 0.75 to Mach 0.85. Boom’s hypothetical future airliner could maybe top out at Mach 1.3 over land to avoid sonic booms hitting the ground.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Central Floridians across social media said they heard a sonic boom Friday morning as the crew of Ax-3 plummeted back to Earth. The posts, referencing a time around 8:30 a ...