Physics can be a bit depressing sometimes. It's not fun to imagine the universe's heat death or to ponder the fact that our sun will one day explode and consume our entire system. One of the best ...

No one knows with complete certainty what makes the echoing sound at the center of downtown’s Boston Avenue pedestrian bridge, but we don’t want to lose it. Dubbed the Center of the Universe, this ...

Abdullah Ibrahim's cosmology informs his art. While some might look upon him as an overseer at the crossroads between new and old, the tempered pianist stands as a sage, painting swirling rhythms that ...

The om mantra, considered the sound of the universe, has been revered for centuries for its ability to induce a state of tranquility, balance, and spiritual awakening. Listen to the sacred om mantra ...

The human tolerance for sound is, on a galactic level, puny. Volcano eruptions, jackhammer-intensive construction work, My Bloody Valentine concerts—these tinnitus-inducing phenomena are barely ...

Ever since she was a kid, Sarah Kane has wanted to study space. And she’s well on her way. Now a senior undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, Kane has spent the past two years ...

Astronomers and musicians have developed “sonifications” to bring the symphony of the cosmos to a wider audience. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et ...

In the beginning, all of space rang like a bell. It was the immediate aftermath of the big bang, and the universe was filled with a torrid plasma—an energetic soup of particles and radiation. Although ...

Dark energy, a mysterious force that scientists believe is behind the accelerated expansion of the universe, is weakening — which could result in the universe over the course of billions of years ...

The powerful signal was six times louder than expected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In space, nobody can hear you scream, but ...

We've all lost track of time at one point or another, but astronomers really go all in. Recent studies show they may have overestimated the age of the universe by more than a billion years — a ...