In space, no one can hear you scream. You may have heard this saying. It’s the tagline from the famous 1979 science fiction movie “Alien.” It’s a scary thought, but is it true? The simple answer is ...
Sound—in the form of shock waves—helps sculpt the beautiful, delicate structures of some supernova remnants, such as those seen here in a Hubble Space Telescope image of the Veil Nebula. “In space no ...
Whether you remember it from high school physics, or from your favorite Signorney Weaver sci-fi movie, we all know that sound doesn't travel in space. This is due to it being a vacuum -- a vast ...
Space isn’t completely silent. In clusters of galaxies, astronomers have recorded deep sound waves—haunting tones that travel ...
Space is mostly quiet. Data collected by telescopes is most often turned into silent charts, plots, and images. A “sonification” project led by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s Universe of ...
NEW BEDFORD — Sound art began over a century ago, when futurist Luigi Russolo built noise machines. It was further defined with the Museum of Modern Art’s 1979 “Sound Art” exhibition. In that show’s ...
Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How far can sound travel through space, since it ...