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The Scream Aliens Hear From the Earth

Posted by kdawson on from the ice-cream dept.

onehitwonder writes "Astronomers have discovered that the Earth emits awful, ear-piercing chirps and whistles that could be heard by any aliens who might be listening, according to an article up at Space.com. The sounds are created by charged particles from the solar wind colliding with Earth's magnetic field. This article explains more about the sounds and links to an audio recording of it."

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  1. Re:Found it on Youtube by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Wow. When they said "awful, ear-piercing chirps and whistles", they weren't kidding.

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  2. Re:I thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Sound is the propagation of a wave within a medium, and in space, there is no medium with the density required to propagate a wave of any kind.

    Funny, radio waves work just fine.