What is the strangest sound in space?

Voyager 1, humanity’s most faraway spacecraft, has detected an unusual “hum” coming from outside our solar system. Fourteen billion miles away from Earth, the Voyager’s instruments picked up a droning sound that may be caused by plasma (ionized gas) in the vast emptiness of interstellar space.

Is there sound in space NASA?

No sound can travel in space, but sonifications provide a new way of experiencing and conceptualizing data. Sonifications allow the audience, including blind and visually impaired communities, to “listen” to astronomical images and explore their data.

Does space sound like anything?

Sound travels in waves like light or heat does, but unlike them, sound travels by making molecules vibrate. On Earth, sound travels to your ears by vibrating air molecules. In deep space, the large empty areas between stars and planets, there are no molecules to vibrate. There is no sound there.

How do we know what things sound like in space?

In late 2020, NASA released the sounds of different space objects thanks to its new “data sonification” program. To translate this into sound, the team gave high-frequency X-rays brass sounds, while optical light data got the strings, and infrared data was assigned woodwind instruments.

Does space have a smell?

We can’t smell space directly, because our noses don’t work in a vacuum. But astronauts aboard the ISS have reported that they notice a metallic aroma – like the smell of welding fumes – on the surface of their spacesuits once the airlock has re-pressurised.

Can you talk in space?

When astronauts are out in space, they can whistle, talk, or even yell inside their own spacesuit, but the other astronauts would not hear the noise. In fact, the middle of space is very quiet. Sound travels in waves, and it moves at different speeds through air or water or other materials.

Why can’t astronauts whistle on the moon?

Because there is nothing out in space (like an atmosphere), the sound waves from one astronaut’s whistling can’t travel over to the other astronaut’s ears. That’s why the astronauts use radios to communicate—even if they’re floating in space right next to each other!

What’s that noise coming from space?

Spooky Space ‘Sounds’ Soaring to the depths of our universe, gallant spacecraft roam the cosmos, snapping images of celestial wonders. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturing radio emissions. When scientists convert these to sound waves, the results are eerie to hear.

Can space make music?

Without air there is no sound. But if that’s true, what was space physicist Don Gurnett talking about when he stated at a NASA press conference in Sept. 2013 that he had heard “the sounds of interstellar space?” It turns out that space can make music … if you know how to listen.

Where do the Earth and space sounds come from?

The recordings of these interactions come from several different sound environments. The ‘sounds’ of Earth come from the interaction of the Solar Wind with the planet’s magnetosphere, which releases charged ionic particles within the 20-20,000Hz range. Space sounds also come from the magnetosphere itself,…

What kind of music does Voyager 1 hear in space?

When Voyager 1 was inside the heliosphere, the tones were low, around 300 Hz, typical of plasma waves coursing through the rarified solar wind. Outside, the frequency jumped to a higher pitch, between 2 and 3 kHz, corresponding to denser gas in the interstellar medium. The transition music to Gurnett’s ears.