The unfathomable vacuum that is outer space is quiet — to the tune of zero decibels. This is because particles vibrate when sound is present. In near-empty areas of space, there are no (or very few) ...
For the first time, scientists have shown that sound can travel through the emptiness of a vacuum. However, the rule-breaking trick requires specific circumstances and can only be carried out over ...
The NASA Exoplanets social media team recently released an audio recording of a black hole, an ultra-dense cosmic body left over from a collapsed star. Conventional wisdom holds that sound waves can't ...
Whether you remember it from high school physics, or from your favorite Signorney Weaver sci-fi movie, we all know that sound doesn't travel in space. This is due to it being a vacuum -- a vast ...
NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the... What does a black hole sound like? NASA has an answer ...
If things on Earth aren't scary enough for you this Halloween, you can listen to scary sounds from space thanks to NASA. The U.S. space agency tweeted that they will host a live listen with a question ...
Our universe is filled with floating nebulae, spinning planets and black holes. But if we closed our eyes and listened, what would these celestial objects sound like? Would we hear a faint whoosh? Or ...
Ah, the sounds of late summer. Pass a pool, and hear the happy yelps of kids splashing around. Sit outside at night, and bask in the soothing buzz of cicadas hidden in the trees. Open the internet, ...
Create the sounds of spaceships, mission control, and your own heartbeat in the silence of space. Blast off to outer space with Miss Audra! Create the sounds of spaceships, mission control, and your ...
My phrase of the week is “the sonification of data,” or maybe I just like the key word itself, sonification. I heard a radio segment this week on NPR’s Science Friday program during which the question ...
A bounty of black holes surround the Sagittarius A supermassive black hole which lies at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. (NASA/CXC/Columbia Univ./C. Hailey et al.) For the first time in history, ...