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NASA Reveals Stunning Sound of Distant Black Hole

1/28/2025

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NASA has unveiled a mesmerizing audio clip capturing the sound waves from a supermassive black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster, a staggering 250 million light-years away. Originally detected in 2003, these waves have been transposed up 57 and 58 octaves, allowing us to hear the cosmic symphony that plays a crucial role in heating the intracluster medium and shaping galaxy evolution.

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NASA has unveiled a mesmerizing audio clip capturing the sound waves from a supermassive black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster, a staggering 250 million light-years away. Originally detected in 2003, these waves have been transposed up 57 and 58 octaves, allowing us to hear the cosmic symphony that plays a crucial role in heating the intracluster medium and shaping galaxy evolution.