Because there’s an experimental aircraft, the XB1, created by the company Boom Supersonic. It hit supersonic speed ... Or you could also compare it to the Chelyabinsk meteor, which hit Russia in 2013.

Boom Supersonic, a commercial aviation company behind the sonic boom-less XB-1, posted an image showing its experimental plane breaking the sound barrier. Captured during a successful test flight ...

Boom analysis found that no audible sonic boom reached the ground as the jet flew at supersonic speeds. "This image makes the invisible visible—the first American made civil supersonic jet ...

Boom Supersonic, which broke ground on a facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro as part of its plans to build supersonic passenger jets, partnered with NASA to “capture ...

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, partnered with NASA to capture specialized photography ...

A schlieren image of Boom's XB-1 supersonic demonstrator. Credit: NASA/Boom Supersonic COLORADO SPRINGS—Boom has frozen the configuration of its planned Overture supersonic airliner, paving the ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Using Schlieren photography, they captured air distortions that are usually ...