Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm’s XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025.

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(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s efforts to limit pollution from diesel-powered trains and ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead ...

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But the Spanish-born son of an Irish father – who is deceased – and a Cameroonian mother had to wait until this season to again feature in the Spanish top flight. He has appeared off the bench ...

People across Wayne and Johnston counties said they heard a loud boom around 9 p.m. Monday. Johnston County resident Rich Girard shared security camera footage with WRAL News in which you can ...

BOCA CHICA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX has its sights set on Thursday for the liftoff of its seventh Starship rocket and this time it is advising that a sonic boom may accompany it.

Now, one theorist warns that the human civilization of 8.2 billion people is at a critical junction: teetering between what he forecasts will be authoritarian collapse and superabundance.

The Shell Starship Initiative has been on an interesting journey since its inception in 2018, with a mission to redefine energy efficiency in the commercial trucking sector. Starting with diesel ...