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Listening to Leonids

Posted by michael on from the ground-control-to-major-tom dept.

Bill Kendrick writes: "An interesting article was posted by NASA about reports of people hearing Leonids as they burnt up in the atmosphere. And not 5 minutes later, like you'd expect, but instantly. Apparently this is thanks to very low frequency radio signals given off by the meteors as they burn."

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  1. Re:HAARP by coyote-san · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I fear for the future... and not because of HAARP, or even "gentlemen's C" Yale graduates.

    --
    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken
  2. Re:Sounds like a 10 year Old !! by bteeter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nice post. I often wondered what people have enough time or energy to try to max out on Karma t Slashdot. Don't you kiddies have video games or something to play with?? Sheesh...

    Take care,

    Brian

    We are giving away free Palm m100's...

  3. What's up with moderation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ELF/VLF listening (Score:5, Offtopic)
    [...]
    Moderation Totals: Interesting=3, Informative=1, Total=4.

  4. More planets to study by tie_guy_matt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All of what we knew about planets and their atmospheres
    came from studying only 9 planets and a limited
    number of moons. Now I am sure we will soon
    have hundreds of planets and their atmospheres
    to study. We could learn a great deal about
    how atmospheres work -- this could help us save
    the one on our planet. It is amazing how much you
    can learn about the universe without stepping
    foot off our one little planet in the middle of
    nowhere