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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If things on Earth aren't scary enough for you this Halloween, you can listen to scary sounds from space thanks to NASA. The U.S. space agency tweeted that they will host a live listen with a question ...

You’ve probably heard astronauts talking to mission control while they perform operations in space. In these recordings, you can hear the back-and-forth chatter, along with the astronaut’s breathing ...

The unfathomable vacuum that is outer space is quiet — to the tune of zero decibels. This is because particles vibrate when sound is present. In near-empty areas of space, there are no (or very few) ...