Space: What does a black hole sound like?
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What does a black hole sound like? Have a listen here!
Have you ever wondered what a black hole sounds like? Well, wonder no more!
Nasa have released a clip of the noise made by a black hole at the centre of the Perseus galaxy cluster, around 200 million light-years away from Earth.
To do this, Nasa used a technique called 'data sonification', to turn astronomical information into sound.
Have a listen and let us know what you think in the comments below!
How do you listen to a black hole?
Have a listen to some of Nasa's other data sonifications here! (from 2021)
Astronomers discovered that the pressure waves sent out by the black hole caused ripples in the hot gas surrounding it.
The researchers then took this information and turned it into musical notes.
The only problem was, the sound waves were much too low for human ears to hear, clocking in at a whopping 57 octaves below middle C!
So, they had to remix it to 144 quadrillion and 288 quadrillion times higher frequency than how it originally sounds!
What do you think about the sound? Weird, creepy or funny?! Let us know in the comments...
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