Light can behave in very unexpected ways when you squeeze it into small spaces. In a paper in the journal Science, Mark ...

NASA shared the spooky sounds of a black hole emitting waves of pressure rippling through galaxies. The ghostly sounding moans and wails are pitched up 57 octaves so that humans can hear them.

Since 2003, the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster has been associated with sound. Now you can listen to it. NASA/CXC/Univ. of Cambridge/C. Reynolds et al.

Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten ...

Out There Hear the Weird Sounds of a Black Hole Singing As part of an effort to “sonify” the cosmos, researchers have converted the pressure waves from a black hole into an audible … something.

Black holes embody the ultimate abyss. They are the most powerful sources of gravity in the universe, capable of dramatically ...

NASA released the recording during “Black Hole Week,” spanning May 2-6, 2022. There’s no better way to celebrate than by listening to the haunting echo of a black hole.

When the black hole sucks in cosmic material, it burps some out—explosive behavior that pushes around the gas nearby. The resulting waves, astronomers concluded, were sound waves, with a ...

"Turns out the sound of black hole is 100 times more frightening than you could have imagined," another tweet read. "Hey @NASAExoplanets it’s not #halloween yet we don’t appreciate this early ...

What does a black hole sound like? Both “creepy” and “ethereally beautiful,” according to people who’ve listened to an audio clip posted on Twitter by NASA. The U.S. space agency tweeted ...

NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.