The sounds of planet Jupiter SPACEFLIGHT NOW DIGITAL AUDIO Posted: December 30, 2000
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as it approached Jupiter, detected waves in the thin gas of charged particles that fills the space between the Sun and its planets. The waves are in low radio frequencies, which have been converted to sound waves to make the patterns audible. Source: NASA (130k, 22sec QuickTime file). |
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