How Popping a Champagne Cork Is Similar to a Supersonic Jet Engine

This knowledge won't change Champagne's taste, but it may make the experience more profound.
This knowledge won't change Champagne's taste, but it may make the experience more profound.

How Your Bottle of Champagne Is Basically an F-16

Uncorking champagne bottle produces supersonic shock waves

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The science behind the champagne pop: Study reveals how a supersonic shock wave blasts gas through the bottle at up to 400 metres per second - at temperatures colder than the North

Popping a Bottle of Champagne Releases a Supersonic Shockwave

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Opening a champagne bottle creates 'supersonic shock waves' - Study Finds

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