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. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

As the saying goes, "In space, no one can hear you scream." However, black holes are apparently an exception to the rule. On Sunday, NASA's Exoplanets Twitter account, which is dedicated to "looking ...

A cosmic collection of sounds from space exploration is now available in the public domain. NASA has launched a sound library starting with over 60 samples of mission control, rockets firing, Sputnik ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA has recently transformed sound waves emanating from the Perseus Galaxy Cluster’s black hole into a format perceptible to the human ear, offering a unique auditory glimpse into the universe’s ...

Space is mostly quiet. Data collected by telescopes is most often turned into silent charts, plots, and images. A “sonification” project led by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s Universe of ...