Sound PostcardPosted: May 13, 2022 Hear the Weird Sounds of a Black Hole Singing, Dennis Overbye, The New York Times, May 7, 2022 In 2003, Astrophysicists working with NASA’s orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, a 45-foot satellite telescope which detects X-ray emissions from exploded stars, galaxy clusters, and matter near black holes, recorded sound pressure waves with a period of 10 million years. Now, they have translated the frequencies in these waves to within human audibility. Universe Idol, anyone? To learn more click here.
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