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What causes a sonic boom?
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What causes a sonic boom?

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It's caused by shock waves created by an object travelling faster than the speed of sound. The sound waves can't propegate ahead of the plane.
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a sonic boom happens if you go faster than the speed of sound and that also makes the big loud sound you hear.
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