The X-59 QueSST aims to be the first supersonic aircraft to reduce the "boom" to a "thumb" and overcome one of the great ...

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk. As they punch into the ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space junk.

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

In A Nutshell Thousands of existing seismic stations worldwide can now help locate falling satellites before hazardous ...

The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...

Some Southern California residents have reported feeling the shake and hearing a sonic boom as a SpaceX launch took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday morning. A Falcon 9 rocket launched ...