Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard

Science.com ^ | September 9, 2003 | Robert Roy Britt

[HIDEK6]

I found this to be extremely fascinating.

[allmost]

Yes, sound waves do so well in space. /s

[astyanax]

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[PetroniusMaximus]

“Scientists had previously observed large amounts of hot gas.”

It happens frequently.

[dixiebelle]

very interesting.

[Tijeras_Slim]

In space no one can hear your Polonaise N°6 l’heroique.

[Maceman]

When I was studying acoustics in music school thirty years ago, the prof used to say “If you play Bb below middle C, and then play it up 40 octaves higher, you’ll get the color yellow.”

He always smirked when he said it, so I’ll leave it to someone with a better understanding of optics to tell me if that’s really true.

[PrairieRoot]

Too bad Les Paul died, he could have made a guitar capable of playing those notes, true genius.

[Lou L]

Yes, sound waves do so well in space. /s

Sometimes, I think they just make this stuff up to see if anyone's reading it.

In space, I thought, "no one can hear you scream." Yet, black holes just go right on, defying the laws of physics by making noise in space.

[my small voice]

very cool.

[null and void]

When it comes to black holes, you'd better C# or you'll B♭...

[Billthedrill]

Hey, my stereo will reproduce that. The problem is the only album ever recorded that has that note is a Spinal Tap bootleg...

[allmost]

"Now we have detected the sound."

Apparently these people think they can.

[HIDEK6]

You folks are missing the awe and wonderment of it all.

[lonevoice]

I love that God sings because it pleases Him...even if we cannot hear Him.

Other studies have shown that the riotous activity around black holes -- where gas is accelerated to nearly light-speed -- produces many notes that are, all together, much like music. Collectively, the cosmos produce, scientists believe, a cacophonic symphony of inaudible tunes.

Musical production appears to be ubiquitous in Nature. Scientists often call it flicker noise, and it has also been detected in the X-ray outputs of magnetic fields within our solar system. Even Earth hums its own tune. Musical analogies are found in everything from seascapes to brainwaves.

[Danae]

I love B flat, its my favorite chord as well.

[Danae]

LOL good one! LOL

[allmost]

The ‘music of the spheres’ is an ancient concept.

[meandog]

Well, I suppose everyone gets a gift. In the Rev. Jerimiah Wright's case I suppose it's music...Oh, wait a minute, black holes not black a-holes?

[edpc]

The cosmic Brown Note?