Sonic Booms

Question

I’ve never really understood how something travelling faster than teh speed of sound causes a sonic boom.

Secondary, like when man first broker the sound barrier, did the scientists *know* a sonic boom would occur, or was it a surprise and they all were like “WTF was that, did we just break something”?

Thirdly, is a sonic boom guaranteed when something breaks the sound barrier, or do they sometimes not happen?

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Answer 1

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