A cool NASA recording: The sound of deep space
Sound can’t travel in a vacuum, of course, but there is a way to convert emissions from stars, nebulas, and galaxies into audio. NASA has done just that with this recording of deep
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Ongoing History Daily: What’s that sound that Tool song?
Tool is a band that takes a years and years to record new albums. A bit part of that is their insistence on experimenting with sounds and arrangements—and sometimes those experiments get a
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NASA has captured the actual sound of a black hole
Yes, yes. I know that in space no one can hear your scream. (If you don’t get the reference, you need to spend more time with Ridley Scott movies) but that doesn’t mean
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Random music news for Thursday, November 25, 2021
It’s American Thanksgiving so music news is a little hard to come by. But I have found a few things for November 25, 2021. TikTok (and social media in general) is going to
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A question I’d never think to ask: What would a piano sound like on Mars?
Mars has an atmosphere, albeit much thinner than what we have on Earth. But it’s just enough to be a medium for sound waves to travel across the surface. If that’s the case,
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Monday Weirdness: “Seeing” Sounds in a Whole New Way
I’m not entirely sure how Zach Lieberman managed to record sounds visually so we can move them in time and space, but–oh, just watch the video. Quick test of recording sound in space
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In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream–But There IS Sound in Space
What does space sound like? Newsweek.com answers that question. We know that there is sound on planets and moons in the solar system—places where there’s a medium through which sound waves can be
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The Loudest Noise in the World Would Kill You Instantly
What’s the loudest noise in the world? FiveThirtyEight has the answer: On the morning of Aug. 27, 1883, ranchers on a sheep camp outside Alice Springs, Australia, heard a sound like two shots
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This is Cool! Everything You Wanted to Know About Sound
The title of the post says it all. This comes WaitButWhy.com via Jim. I’ve always been a little confused about sound. So for “Tuesday’s” “mini” post, I decided to do something about that.
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The Internet of Sound (And No, This Just Isn’t About Music)
I found this at TechCrunch. The whole Internet-As-Sound thing is being pursued by a lot of big businesses. The history of sound-as-signal is deep. In the beginning, horns, drums and bells rang the
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What Does the Lowest-Density Substance on Earth SOUND Like?
You may have heard of Aerogel, a synthetic substance that is so light that some call it “frozen smoke.” It also has some interesting sonic properties.
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