NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible photo capturing a shockwave emanating from the dark silhouette of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a Feb.

10 from the Mojave Air and Space Port, the supersonic flight was captured in a unique photograph that shows, in vivid color, the shock waves created when it broke the sound barrier. The Colorado-based ...

It is widely used in aeronautical engineering to photograph the flow of air around objects ... detect air distortions, such as shock waves, around the supersonic aircraft.

It did this by exploiting a phenomenon known as “Mach cutoff”, where air temperatures in the atmosphere cause shock waves to reflect upwards rather than towards the ground. Supersonic aircraft ...

This study numerically analyzes the characteristics of shock wave propagation and attenuation in different mediums of explosion near the air-water interface (free surface). This study discussed flow ...

Bow shocks are shock waves formed upstream of astrophysical objects when they interact with a supersonic plasma flow, such as the solar wind. These shocks can heat electrons through different ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic used a specialized imaging technique to capture the moment, revealing air distortions and shock waves that are typically invisible to the naked eye. The test could mark a ...

US company Boom Supersonic collaborated with NASA to obtain specialized photographs of the supersonic test.