At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

Beneath the Sun's outer shell, a layer of highly ionized, boiling hot gas flows all the way down to 200,000 kilometers below the surface of the star. Temperatures of this plasma can reach up to 45,000 ...

NASA has known that the black hole at the center of the Perseus Galaxy creates sound since 2003. Scientists there have finally isolated the noise and shared it. It’s undeniably haunting but also a ...

Many people know that stars appear to twinkle because our atmosphere bends starlight as it travels to Earth. But stars also have an innate “twinkle” — caused by rippling waves of gas on their surfaces ...

On Sept. 14, 2015 astronomers “heard” two black holes crashing into each other at close to the speed of light. This discovery was a watershed moment in physics and astrophysics, heralding an entirely ...

With scientists measuring energy waves traveling through stars and setting them to music, the familiar tune takes on a whole new meaning. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

NASA's InSight lander is the first to capture the seismic and acoustic waves from an impact on the red planet. Talk about good vibrations. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...