In 1957, a B58 Hustler bomber broke the sound barrier over Lexington, causing chaos in the city for the afternoon.

For the first time, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has moved under its own power, officially kicking off its “taxi tests.” On July 10, 2025, NASA test pilot Nils Larson completed the aircraft’s ...

Over the coming weeks, testing will ramp up until the Lockheed Martin vehicle is travelling at a speed just short of the point where it will take off. Once complete, the X-59 will then progress to a ...

Discover how NASA's groundbreaking X-59 aircraft aims to break the sound barrier in silence, paving the way for a new era of quiet supersonic travel. Recent wind tunnel tests reveal promising results.

A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic flight quieter than ever before.

Multiple deaths were reported after the explosion at the LASD training facility on Friday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Felix Baumgartner set multiple world records in 2012 during a fall that broke the sound barrier.

In 2023, Wetherspoons abandoned plans to erect a 43ft high sound barrier, dubbed “taller than the Berlin Wall” by one objector, after strong local opposition.

Felix Baumgartner, the skydiver who broke the sound barrier in a record-setting 2012 jump, died in a paragliding crash in Italy. He was 56.