When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff ...

In 2021, an F-16 jet corrected course while flying over central Illinois, creating a large sonic boom as it broke the sound barrier. The sound shook neighborhoods in Illinois and Oregon, where ...

The F-100 Super Sabre, introduced in 1954, was the first U.S. warplane that could go supersonic in level flight. It was also the plane that sparked complaints about sonic booms across the country ...

Both an earthquake and sonic boom shook parts of the Treasure Coast Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. About three hours apart, the magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck at about 10:48 p.m ...