The Sound Barrier is a four-episode series where we explore the limits of hearing and the ways we can break through.

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic X-59 jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph — soared across the California ...

After delays and concerns about progress, NASA and Lockheed Martin have announced that the experimental X-59 Quesst has taken to the skies. It was an unannounced flight, but the companies did release ...

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...

It has just gone midnight on July 26, 1944, and deep in the heart of occupied Poland, a daring top-secret mission known as ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has successfully completed its first flight, demonstrating the ability to break the sound ...

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 made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet airplane soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound barrier without all ...

There are a dozen different ways dogs choose to go down the stairs, and some of them are downright hilarious. Golden Retrievers, known for their zest for life and pure, unapologetic whimsy, seem to be ...

PALMDALE, California (Reuters) -NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in ...

Lockheed Martin's revolutionary X-59 supersonic jet completes first test flight, designed to break sound barrier with quiet 'thump' instead of sonic boom.

NASA’s X-59 takes its first flight, promising a return to supersonic travel — but this time without the Concorde’s deafening ...