eli5 How does the sound barrier break when planes fly? What is the boom? Plane accumulating wind or what is happening?

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eli5 How does the sound barrier break when planes fly? What is the boom? Plane accumulating wind or what is happening?

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Think of how a boat creates a wake when it reaches a certain speed. Airplanes do the same thing with air. A 3-D wake in the air is a cone, which will be the wave that is created by the object traveling faster than sound

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