'Listen' to the Light Echoes from a Black Hole | NASA Chandra's X-ray Observatory

'Listen' to the Light Echoes from a Black Hole | NASA Chandra's X-ray Observatory

A new sonification turns X-ray “light echoes” from a black hole into sound.

Rings of X-rays seen by NASA’s Chandra and Swift observatories show the echoes.

Material around a black hole can generate bursts of X-rays.

The X-rays reflect off clouds of gas and dust like beams from headlights can in fog.

Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/U.Wisc-Madison/S. Heinz et al.; Swift: NASA/Swift/Univ. of Leicester/A. Beardmore; Optical: DSS; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: November 21, 2022

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