NASA scientists detected a sound from a black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster, located over 200 million light-years away from Earth, which was recorded by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and sounds like music. The sound waves were captured by NASA's space telescope in the form of astronomical data, which was then translated into audible sound for humans. Despite the common misconception that "there is no sound in space" because there is no medium for sound waves to travel, the recently released audio closely resembles the work of composer Hans Zimmer, who has created soundtracks for several films about outer space.
Astronomers at the space agency realized that the hot gas surrounding Perseus, a galaxy cluster spanning 11 million light-years, could be translated into sound. This gas, which envelops hundreds and even thousands of galaxies, serves as a medium through which sound waves can propagate. The audio was created by re-scaling the sound waves to human hearing range by raising the pitch "57 or 58 octaves" above their actual sound frequency. The composer Hans Zimmer, known for his Oscar-winning score for the science fiction film Interstellar, created music that closely resembles the sounds produced by NASA.
Source: Daily Mail
