The Hundred Million Mile Pipe Organ

jd writes "Scientists have announced that the gigantic coils of plasma in the solar atmosphere, known as coronal loops, actually carry sound waves much like a pipe organ. Micro-flares on the surface of the sun create powerful blasts of charged particles, which are then guided through the coronal loops, creating the standing waves. Sheffield University is hosting movies and audio recordings of the sun's performance."

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Other sounds of the universe

[RichPowers]

Here are some sounds of Jovian "radio storms":

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/radiojove_ sbursts.htm
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/radiojove_ lbursts.htm

And my favorite: a University of Washington professor used temperature variations in the cosmic background radiation to create the "sound of the Big Bang." This allows us to hear the first 760 thousand years of the universe. Of course the frequencies are boosted because the actual Big Bang frequencies are far too low to be heard by humans. Amazing stuff.

http://faculty.washington.edu/jcramer/BBSound.html

That's Bach!

[Anonymous Coward]

Playing his organ in heaven. 3