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Eerie Sounds from Saturn

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the woooooooooo-woooooooooooo dept.

Mick Ohrberg writes "Scientists at NASA have now heard proof (called 'Saturn kilometric radiation') that Saturn has a phenomenon similar to the earths' Northern Lights (aurora borealis). Talking about the eerie sounding noise, Dr. Bill Kurth with the University of Iowa, says "We believe that the changing frequencies are related to tiny radio sources moving up and down along Saturn's magnetic field lines." It couldn't sound any spookier if they added a Theremin."

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  1. Just Because... by daviq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just because the Saturnites are watching the twilight zone gives our scientists no reason to talk about electroical-magnetical-thingicals...

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    1. Re:Just Because... by chriswaclawik · · Score: 5, Funny
      Just because the Saturnites...

      We prefer the term Saturnian, you insensitive clod!

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    2. Re:Just Because... by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 4, Funny

      Brain...slugs...eating...my brain! Must.. resist! Spock, help me... find my ...8-track.. of Grateful Dead!!

  2. Wahhh by JeiFuRi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought there was no sound in space?

  3. Geez! by Cytlid · · Score: 4, Funny

    And here I was going to trade in my Hyundai for a Saturn because it was making erie noises as well.

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  4. Alert the MPAA by geophile · · Score: 4, Funny

    The planet of Saturn has ripped off Man or Astroman.

  5. News? by mendaliv · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is news? Hippies have been hearing this sound since the 60s!

  6. Aha! by codewritinfool · · Score: 4, Funny

    So THAT'S what has been keeping me awake at night. I'm calling NASA tomorrow and demanding that they turn that thing down.

  7. Re:No wonder its eerie... by modecx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then again... you might not need to shift my voice to make it sound eerie...

    So you're the one that keeps calling me at 1:00AM! You're gonna get it, buddy. *shakes fist*

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  8. Re:No wonder its eerie... by Lord+Marlborough · · Score: 4, Funny

    So much for getting her interested in science.

    That, sir, is why you lie.

  9. Usually the erie sounds... by glrotate · · Score: 4, Funny

    come from Uranus.

  10. Yeah, right... by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 4, Funny

    I somehow get the feeling that some scientist were sitting around the lab drinking cheap beer, and wondered what they'd have to do to get the Saturn data to sound EXACTLY like something out of a poor-quality 50's space flick.