In northwest China, China successfully tested the Feitian 2, a new hypersonic vehicle. This test marks a major step forward ...

Many of the physics concepts that are in play during normal flight also apply to an aircraft going faster than the speed of sound. However, there are also other properties that need to be considered.

This led to Mach 1 being referred to as the “sound barrier”, with suggestions in newspapers it was impossible to exceed. An inaccurate analogy between Mach 1 and c, the speed of light in a ...

Two weeks ago, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane made history when it broke the sound barrier over the continental United States, reaching 750 miles per hour (Mach 1.12) near Barstow, ...

The students had just broken the sound barrier — with a ping-pong ball. “This has been a true engineering project,” said Kristine Lang, chair of CC’s physics department.

Physics KS3 / GCSE: How to free-fall through the sound barrier. Secondary Resources > Secondary Physics > The Science of Space Dive To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this morning (Jan. 28). This would mark the first time the company achieves the feat, and you can watch the historic action live.