On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who ...

Nearly 80 years ago on Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier.

President Trump appeared before thousands of US service members and their families at Norfolk Naval Base while celebrating the Navy's 250th birthday on Sunday – where he and Melania were ...

Steel balls vs a thin sheet generates shockwaves and sonic effects, revealing fascinating physics in a simple setup.

A French fighter jet broke the sound barrier on Wednesday as it scrambled to join a commercial jet that had lost contact with air traffic control, causing a sonic boom that reverberated through Paris ...

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2025. There are 78 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier as ...

It's today's real life Frankenstein's monster. In her 1818 gothic novel, Mary Wolstencroft Shelley gave us an ambitious ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager climbed into the experimental Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft for a test flight over the Mojave Desert.

The craft is part of the US space agency's mission to find a way for ordinary planet travel to become much faster. Find out more here.

WAITING for his parents to arrive home from a golfing holiday in Bangkok, Geun-woo Park received a text from his mum, saying ...