Sonic boom: A shock wave that is produced by an aircraft or other object flying at a speed equal to or exceeding the speed of sound and that is heard on the ground as a sound like a clap of thunder.

Thunder is the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. The latest edition of Science Behind the ...

This sound wave rises suddenly, and then drops suddenly - and this is the shock wave, or sonic boom. Another way to think about it is to realise that as an aeroplane flies through the air, it ...

Sonic booms are the thunderclaps of noise created when an object surpasses the speed of sound. The larger the object, the more air it displaces and the larger the shock wave. This F/A-18 Hornet is ...

A sonic boom is made by the sudden release of pressure that is built up by the shock wave. The change in pressure is small—similar to the pressure change you feel when you descend a few floors ...

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A sonic boom is the shock wave that results when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound. If you're going to go supersonic, there's no way around it.