There is a misconception that black holes are soundless and lifeless voids, and while one of them is a fact, the other being soundless is not entirely accurate. NASA's recent black hole remix released online lets the public hear what a black hole sounds like, especially with the Perseus galaxy cluster, which has a significant gas volume that allowed researchers to capture its sound.
NASA Black Hole: Hear the Perseus Galaxy Cluster's Remix
(Photo : NASA Exoplanets via Screenshot)
NASA's Exoplanets' Twitter page released an audio remix of what a black hole sounds like, and it is pointing to the Perseus galaxy cluster that the agency recently surveyed and studied. The clip is a mix of amplified audio recordings from NASA regarding the said galaxy cluster and other data that researchers gathered to generate its audio.
The tweet said that black holes are not entirely soundless, yet they are still objects that are massive vacuums and let nothing get past them, from sound to light, as per previous studies. However, the Perseus galaxy cluster has a considerable gas presence in its region that researchers were able to pick up sound and record it, now presented as a black hole audio.
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The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole! pic.twitter.com/RobcZs7F9e
— NASA Exoplanets (@NASAExoplanets) August 21, 2022
Black Hole's Sound is Eerie and Creepy says Report
According to CNET's characterization of black hole sounds, what people hear on NASA's output is creepy and haunting, which could keep a person awake at night. The eerie sounds of a black hole are what it naturally sounds like, with NASA only amplifying it so that the public may hear and identify the sounds brought by the space anomaly.
Black Holes and its Study
Black holes are still a massive phenomenon for the scientific and astronomical community up to date, and it presents a significant study for researchers to determine what causes them to form and why it is present in space. It is known that black holes devour different objects once caught in their eye, something that presents massive power to draw in other space elements like planets, stars, and more.
Different locations and regions in space have multiple black holes, and these are something to look out for as some are not easily detectable like others. Researchers found a hoard of hidden black holes in dwarf galaxies in the vast cosmic heavens before, and it presents significant information regarding the phenomena behind it.
Researchers are still looking into the reasons for why black holes appear, as well as what comes out the other side of the said hole present in space. Nevertheless, it emits a significant power that is still unknown even to the greatest minds now, with people knowing about the sounds it produces, which are possible even from these massive anomalies in space.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
