Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The sound of the Universe...

It sounds new-age/hippy but is not.
Actually is the opposite.
I found that Voyager have recorded (is recording) the "sounds" that planets emit.
Here some Science to explain what is happening.
Basically: everyone should know that in the space sound can't be propagated. But is not actually true.
Every planet (asteroid, comet, everything basically) emits an electromagnetic wave that can be recorded and converted into a sound (= a vibration that can be propagated in air/water/etc. and that can be, in this case, perceived by human hear).
Ok, beside the scientific (and maybe boring) side of the story, the cool part is the sound that comes out from this recording.
It's amazing and little bit scary.
Scary because it gives me (once again) the idea of my meaningless compared to what is out there.
My life (our life, the life of everything) doesn't mean anything. Humans will be extinct and this giant planets will still "sound" in this way. They won't care about us.
We are zero, we are nothing, we are insignificant. Everything we do, say, think, build is nothing. And this "sound" is here to remind us this.


...and, once again, I don't see any trace of "god".






Here some of examples (on youtube you can find all of them and CD are also available):




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