The speed of sound seemed like a reasonable thing to measure, so [Ast] connected a pair of microphones and amplifiers to his gigantic stopwatch.

Bombardier's new Global 8000 private jet has a claimed top speed of Mach 0.94, with a sustained cruising speed of Mach 0.92.

The speed of sound is a term used to describe the speed of sound waves passing through an elastic medium. The speed varies with the medium employed (for example, sound waves move faster through ...

A meteorite traveling faster than sound struck a home in Georgia on June 26. Scientists have confirmed that it is older than ...

The speed of sound in sea water, where you can also do this experiment, providing you have a big body of water, waterproof equipment, and are making sure you aren’t deafening whales, is 1500 ...

The speed of light is 186,282 miles per second. The speed of sound is 761.2 miles per hour. That takes care of vision and hearing, but what about our ...

The cone — which lasts just tenths of a second — is created when the jet reaches transonic velocity of 766 mph, or the speed of sound, according to Caters.

Upper limit: a US Navy F/A-18 travelling near the speed of sound in air. The white halo comprises water droplets that have condensed from the air because of the sudden drop in pressure behind the ...

Imagine heading to the Philadelphia International Airport, hopping on a plane and landing in London 45 minutes later. In theory, this kind of high-speed hypersonic travel is possible. In reality, ...

Echolocating bats rely on an innate speed-of-sound reference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021; 118 (19): e2024352118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024352118 ...