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Hear black holes and galaxies translated into sound from NASA data – CNET
The Whirlpool Galaxy sounds like a horror movie. This composite of the Cat’s Eye Nebula uses data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI In space, no one can hear you scream, but on Earth we have ways of turning space objects into haunting soundtracks. Galaxies, black holes…
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‘The Science of ‘Interstellar’ (US 2014): Book Excerpt
Famed physicist Kip Thorne brought real science to this year’s sci-fi movie epic “Interstellar.” In his new book “The Science of ‘Interstellar’” (W.W. Norton & Company, 2014), Thorne goes into detail about the physics that underlies the awesome phenomena explored in the movie, including black holes, time dilation, a disease that could decimate food crops…
