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The solar wind's equivalent of a sonic boom in the solar-system plasma medium can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute – as much as 40 percent of the speed of light. [ citation needed ] This is a proven source of auroras , but has never yet been shown to be sufficiently forceful and sufficiently abrupt to cause a "boom".
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — If you have heard loud booms in the skies across southeast Alabama over the past couple of days, you are not alone. Fighter planes from across the world are taking part in ...
A 1973 report cites a university study of fifty cases of people complaining about a "low throbbing background noise" that others were unable to hear. The sound, always peaking between 30 and 40 Hz (hertz), was found to only be heard during cool weather with a light breeze, and often early in the morning. These noises were often confined to a 10 ...
Last week and this week people have reported hearing loud booms all around the region.
During extreme cold events, you may hear a loud boom and feel like you have experienced an earthquake. However, this event was more likely a cryoseism, also known as an ice quake or a frost quake ...
Barisal guns or fog guns (mistpoeffers (fog dissipators) in Belgium and Netherlands, Seeschießen (sea/lake gunshots) in Germany, brontidi (thunder-alike) or baturlio marinas in Italy) [1] are a series of loud booms heard near the Barisal region of Bangladesh in the 19th century. [2] [3] There are various theories about the origin of the sound.
Residents in parts of New Jersey and New York took to social media on Tuesday afternoon to report hearing a loud explosion, boom or shaking. Some speculated that it might have been an earthquake ...
A loud boom Saturday night left people worried throughout Elk Grove, and police are working to determine what might have happened. The unexpected noise startled residents around 10:30 p.m., Elk ...