When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...

An engine capable of transforming a shock wave into stable propulsion: this is the idea behind a recent technological ...

The agency said Thursday the new technology, a shock-sensing probe, will be instrumental in validating computer models and ...

This cone-shaped shock wave wouldn't be a problem if it lost its strength as it moved away from the plane. But it doesn't. With conventional supersonic aircraft, it maintains most of its shape all ...

Detonation is a supersonic combustion wave, characterized by a shock wave driven by the energy release from closely coupled ...

A supersonic plane recently broke the sound barrier over the Campo de Cartagena, causing a loud sonic boom that startled ...

Vapor cones are striking signs that mark near-sonic flight, reveal the science behind speed and air in flight.

"You have a supersonic shockwave that is travelling through the air, and you can see that in the white spherical cloud which travels out from the centre, expanding upwards," says Prof Sella.

Engineers at Tsinghua University have introduced a groundbreaking concept for propulsion technology: the Ram-Rotor Detonation ...

A shadow from the shockwave ahead of the ball can be seen ... but because it’s a great demonstration of supersonic flow phenomena. Video after the break.