There's no real sound in space, but what if data could help us to predict what a dying star might sound like?
After tracking a particular star for years, a team of astronomers at the University of Michigan noticed that as the star was shredded by a massive black hole, it emitted a huge flair of intense light that could be tracked.
The light’s frequencies were in turn correlated with musical notes, allowing us on Earth to imagine a sound occurring nearly four billion lightyears away.
Dr. Jon Miller is a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan and part of the team that made this discovery.
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Sun Ra...Space Is The Place He knew the frequency of what a black hole sounds like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBKQNVj5Cc
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