NASA Records Eerie Sound From Black Hole

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Ever wondered what a black hole sounds like?

NASA has released an audio clip that represents actual sound waves emanating from the black hole.

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That particular black hole is at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster, more than 200 million light years away.

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The sound itself is a result of pressure waves sent out by the black hole.

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black hole caused ripples in the cluster’s hot gas that could be translated into a note some 57 octaves below middle C, NASA

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Because the actual sound was so low, scientists had to raise the frequency quadrillions of times to make it audible.

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The clip has captured the internet’s attention

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NASA Data Sonification: Black Hole Remix

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In this sonification of Perseus, the sound waves astronomers previously identified were extracted and made audible for the first time.

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