Supersonic Planes With No Sonic Boom

Published: March 27, 2019, 4 a.m.

NASA has filmed revolutionary images of shock waves crashing together from two jets. NASA is trying to create a jet that can still go faster than the speed of light, but without a sonic boom. The reason that they are trying to do that is because sonic booms are very loud and that is why they are restricted over residential areas. The two planes were being photographed from a plane above. This was tricky, because they had to reach the speed of light right underneath the plane above. NASA said that it was the first time that jets had traveled faster than the speed of light and created no sonic boom. The reason of this was that because they were staggered, the shockwaves were both affected. This changed the whole shape of the waves, therefore not creating a sonic boom. NASA can now use this information to help change the way that jets can go faster than the speed of light without creating a sonic boom.