Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster's black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by SYSTEM Sounds. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A.

The noise coming from a black hole sounds like a track played at a Halloween party. The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for ...

When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But ...

WR 124, a rare type of Wolf-Rayet star. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: (Herschel) ESA/NASA/Caltech, (Spitzer) NASA/JPL/Caltech, (WISE) NASA/JPL/Caltech; Infrared ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

Data sonification from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects. These data sonifications translate information collected by various NASA missions — such as the ...

Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 ...

In space, no one can hear you scream — here's why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our universe is filled with floating nebulae, ...

According to the theory, our reality is encoded on the boundary of a black hole within a much larger universe.

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