Top 50: Science

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Blazars are galaxies whose central supermassive black hole, weighing millions to billions of times our Sun’s mass, blasts a particle jet almost directly toward us at nearly the speed of light.

This track sonifies a decade of gamma rays from the blazar TXS 0506+056 detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope between August 2008 and May 2018. The percussive sounds match the energy of the detected gamma rays. Unprecedented flaring activity began in April 2017 and continued for months. On Sept. 22, 2017, an observatory at the South Pole detected a high-energy neutrino thought to have originated from the blazar. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration., Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida/SYSTEM Sounds

Blazar Flare Sonification

Morning rainforest sounds, about a month before the wet season was due to arrive, at Lacey Creek near Mission Beach, far north Queensland

Rainforest sounds near Mission Beach, Queensland

On Episode 284, learn about a student-built experiment that recently made its way to the International Space Station.

Houston We Have a Podcast: The Student-Built Camera Mount

Solfeggio frequencies recorded on the morning of the winter solstice copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2011 

Windy Winter Solstice - Lakefield National Park, Cape York

On episode 396, NASA project scientists Maria Banks and Sue Lederer revisit recent Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions and discuss research on the Moon. 

Houston We Have a Podcast: Lunar Surface Research

Houston We Have a Podcast: The Art of Astronaut Photography

On episode 398, Chris Edelen, acting vehicle integration office manager for NASA’s Orion Program, discusses the spacecraft that will carry astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II.

Houston We Have A Podcast: Artemis II: The Orion Spacecraft

	
On episode 399, NASA astronaut Suni Williams reflects on her record-breaking mission, her perspective after returning to Earth, and her journey as one of the most experienced spacewalkers in history. 

Houston We Have A Podcast: A Record Breaking Astronaut

On episode 401, NASA Artemis II launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson shares her path to the console and what it takes to launch the first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. 

Houston We Have a Podcast: Artemis II - Launch Director

This was an amazing close range encounter allowing me to captured a male Cassowary feeding with his two chicks. The high pitched whistle is the sounds of the chicks the low frequency thumping sound is the call of the male Cassowary. This is a low res preview of the recording, if you are interested in the full recording please contact me. I hope you enjoy this recording! Copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2017

Cassowary - Casuarius casuarius (Dad and Chicks)

Morning chorus recorded near Cairns, Australia. Thank you for all the support and comments! I have made this a free download to thank you all. I hope you enjoy! - copyright Tai Inoue at Nature Sounds 2012

Dawn chorus Australia - Free download

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