An aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier without producing an ear-shattering bang: that is the feat achieved by NASA ...

NASA's X-59 aircraft broke the sound barrier twice during two separate test flights in June, reaching a top speed of Mach 1.4 ...

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental X-59 aircraft has broken the sound barrier, achieving a speed of Mach 1.1. The feat ...

NASA’s X-59 aircraft has finally flown faster than the speed of sound, bringing us one step closer to supersonic flight ...

The sound of airplanes flying overhead late at night is linked to a slight increase in hospital admissions for heart-related problems the following day, a study from Imperial College London suggests.

Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For many travelers, the various sounds a plane makes during takeoff can ...

Dawn Aerospace's Mk-II Aurora demonstrator recently achieved supersonic flight, reaching Mach 1.1 and a record-breaking climb rate to 82,500 feet. This successful test flight is a crucial step towards ...