(CNN) — A SpaceX Super Heavy rocket booster as tall as a 20-story building reappeared in the skies over South Texas minutes after blastoff in October, blazing up its engines to slow its fall back ...

This is what a split in the polar vortex looks like! Highlighted by the red boxes, you can see two distinct circulation centers, versus strictly one. This allows for cold air to flood southward into ...

This was the reality for residents of Norfolk and Suffolk on January 12, when a sonic boom echoed through the skies, as captured by a doorbell camera. This article delves into the details of the ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 19, 2025 – Rocket launches are amazing spectacles, but close-up viewers know to bring a set of earplugs or earmuffs to protect their hearing. However, the boom of a launch isn’t ...

Though the first of two Monday Falcon 9 rocket launches failed to materialize, the evening mission's first-stage booster is still expected to generate window-rattling sonic booms across North and ...

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...