American aerospace startup Boom made history on Tuesday by breaking the sound barrier during the test flight of its Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator jet. The XB-1's flight, livestreamed from the ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. – As SpaceX increases its rocket launch rate this year, hearing sonic booms will become the norm across East Central Florida. Residents may notice that the sonic boom intensity and ...

MOJAVE, Calif. - XB-1 became the first American-made private supersonic jet to fly faster than the speed of sound as Boom Supersonic works toward building a fleet of supersonic jets for commercial air ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air & ...

It was the sound heard all around Puget Sound. Or, as Mountlake Terrace resident David Carlos named it, “The Quarantine Boom of 2020.” Likely, it was a meteor’s sonic boom that sent vibrations through ...

Film lovers know the magic that happens when picture and audio finally meet. Creators feel it even more. Every cut becomes ...

Boom mics, those big puffballs at the end of a long pole, were once the most common method to record movie dialogue. Now ...

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Boom for iOS is an app that changes your music, presumably for the better. The app is an equalizer that adds depth and bass to regular MP3 files, turning audio played through even the junkiest of ear ...

Sound travels fast, and so did speculation about what caused the house-rattling boom some residents in Hampton Roads heard Monday morning. An earthquake, alien aircraft — the ideas ran amuck on social ...