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NASA has captured the actual sound of a black hole

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Hole, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, NASA, Perseus, Sound

Yes, yes. I know that in space no one can hear your scream. (If you don’t get the reference, you

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Random music news for Thursday, November 25, 2021

November 25, 2021November 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments BBC, Beatles, Get Back, Instagram, Netflix, Social Media, Sound, Spotify, TikTok

It’s American Thanksgiving so music news is a little hard to come by. But I have found a few things

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A question I’d never think to ask: What would a piano sound like on Mars?

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mars, Piano, Sound, Space

Mars has an atmosphere, albeit much thinner than what we have on Earth. But it’s just enough to be a

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Monday Weirdness: “Seeing” Sounds in a Whole New Way

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sound

I’m not entirely sure how Zach Lieberman managed to record sounds visually so we can move them in time and

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In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream–But There IS Sound in Space

November 26, 2016November 29, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Sound, Space

What does space sound like? Newsweek.com answers that question. We know that there is sound on planets and moons in

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The Loudest Noise in the World Would Kill You Instantly

July 10, 2016July 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Krakatoa, Sound

What’s the loudest noise in the world? FiveThirtyEight has the answer: On the morning of Aug. 27, 1883, ranchers on

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Tech 

This is Cool! Everything You Wanted to Know About Sound

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Physics, Sound

The title of the post says it all. This comes WaitButWhy.com via Jim. I’ve always been a little confused about

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Gadgets 

The Internet of Sound (And No, This Just Isn’t About Music)

July 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Internet, Sound, Sound-As-Signal

I found this at TechCrunch. The whole Internet-As-Sound thing is being pursued by a lot of big businesses. The history

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What Does the Lowest-Density Substance on Earth SOUND Like?

February 25, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Aerogel, Sonic Properties, Sound

You may have heard of Aerogel, a synthetic substance that is so light that some call it “frozen smoke.” It

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NASA Wants to Show Us What Space Sounds Like

October 27, 2014October 26, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sound, Space

I know, I know: In space, no one can hear you scream. Or hear anything else, for that matter. However,

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Movies 

A Documentary on the Decline of Sound Quality. Blame Technology.

August 25, 2014August 24, 2014 Alan Cross 2 Comments Documentary, High Fidelity, Music, Sound

Earlier this summer, I sat down with a high school student who was working on an essay about how the

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