Since the 1950s, probes sent into space have been sending back data that reveal eerie sounds from the vastness of the galaxy. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

We all already know that there are lots and lots of spooky places here on Earth. That weird abandoned house a few blocks over might give you chills when you drive by it, and graveyards are always a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sound is a constant presence for most organisms on Earth, but throughout the rest of the solar ...

These musical videos illuminate different dynamics at play within iconic celestial objects. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

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In the black recesses of space, there is no water for you to drink, and there is no air for you to breath. For all intents and purposes, there is nothing. Space is a virtual vacuum. Since there isn’t ...

What do you hear when you look into the night sky? If no one had ever seen a movie or television show about space, would we all imagine a different soundtrack in our minds? If there was a way to ...

Sound needs a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to travel. Space is a vacuum, lacking the matter to carry sound waves. No sound in space means no echoes. While a near-perfect vacuum, some sounds can be ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...

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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 ...