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 ...

Since the 1950s, probes sent into space have been sending back data that reveal eerie sounds from the vastness of the galaxy. There is no sound in space. Sound is produced by the vibration of ...

Space is silent, or so we’re told. In the vast vacuum between stars and planets, sound waves can’t travel as they do on Earth. But what if that silence is just an illusion? What if the cosmos is ...

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 ...

Our universe is filled with floating nebulae, spinning planets and black holes. But if we closed our eyes and listened, what would these celestial objects sound like? Would we hear a faint whoosh? Or ...

Listen to the beauty of the universe. Kimberly Arcand is a visualization researcher and science communicator for Chandra, the space-based X-ray telescope. Since 2020, she and her team have been ...

Though more than 2,000 man-made satellites currently orbit the earth, most people never think about the multitudes of spacecraft. Through a traveling, immersive sound installation that creates a ...

While we’re all used to marveling at beautiful pictures of space, in recent years NASA has been experimenting with sharing the wonders of space in another way: through sound. With sonifications, data ...

Ah, the sounds of late summer. Pass a pool, and hear the happy yelps of kids splashing around. Sit outside at night, and bask in the soothing buzz of cicadas hidden in the trees. Open the internet, ...

Traditionally, the perils and pleasures of space travel have been accompanied by the bombast of sweeping strings. But on "Battlestar Galactica" space sounds very different. By Chuck Crisafulli, The ...