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  • A Deep Voice From Deep Space

    09/24/2003 10:39:57 AM PDT · by tang-soo · 52 replies · 1,236+ views
    Washington Post ^ | September 10, 2003 | Guy Gugliotta
    <p>Astronomers for the first time have detected sound waves emanating from a supermassive black hole, researchers said yesterday. With a frequency of 10 million years, the wave is the deepest "note" ever found in the universe -- a B-flat that is 57 octaves below a piano's middle C.</p> <p>Researchers said heat generated by the sound wave may explain why gases moving within clusters of galaxies do not cool down to form more stars -- an anomaly that has puzzled astrophysicists for years.</p>