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hypersonic

[hahy-per-son-ik] / ˌhaɪ pərˈsɒn ɪk /


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Creating hypersonic aircraft requires a much deeper understanding of how air behaves at Mach 5, Mach 6, or even Mach 10.

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If it ever becomes achievable, hypersonic flight could dramatically reshape international travel.

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"It really shrinks the planet," says Professor Nicholaus Parziale, whose work centers on turning hypersonic travel from aspiration into reality.

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This also suggests that future hypersonic aircraft may not require a completely different design philosophy.

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That gap led to Parziale's recent research, described in his study Hypersonic Turbulent Quantities in Support of Morkovin's Hypothesis, published in Nature Communications on November 12, 2025.

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