The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...

If you were in a need a reminder to turn your clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday, it could be a boom you heard less than an hour before was able to assist. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on the ...

The Ojai City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 21 to work with researchers on monitoring SpaceX launches. Ojai is the first city in the county to monitor sonic booms, according to officials from ...

Saturday's highly anticipated Homecoming game between Jackson State University and Alabama State University will feature new uniforms for the Tigers' football team. Inspired by the Sonic Boom of the ...

Jackson State's band, the Sonic Boom of the South, is preparing a special performance for the homecoming game. The halftime show will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jackson Five drum majors.

Evening rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, are a sight to see. NASA and SpaceX will launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The ...

Some Southern California residents have reported feeling the shake and hearing a sonic boom as a SpaceX launch took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday morning. A Falcon 9 rocket launched ...

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Imagine sipping your coffee when suddenly – BOOM! A sonic tremor rattles your home. That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a cherry tomato punched through ...

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The U.S. Air Force denies its Thunderbirds went supersonic while practicing for the Chicago Air and Water Show on Friday, despite two blasts heard across the North Side that possibly shattered several ...