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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. Wahhh by JeiFuRi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought there was no sound in space?

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

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