Sound in a vacuum? No. But this was talking about sound in gas jets which presumably had some pressure, or they wouldn't be -- jetting. Still sounds seriously weird, of course. But black holes themselves are more than slightly weird. I think what we are seeing is a statement about extremely arcane scientific observations, which got dumbed down for the great unwashed -- aka, US. s Mark Schecter wrote: > Sorry about the extraneous gobbledy-gook. Corrected below … > > ~Mark Schecter > > On Aug 15, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Mark Schecter <mark at schecterpiano.com> wrote: > > >> That "sounds" like a cross between a crocodile and an abalone. >> >> AKA a crock o' baloney. >> >> Sound in space? No … >> >> >> On Aug 15, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Noah Frere <noahfrere at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> "Repeated outbursts in the form of powerful jets from the black hole in the center of Perseus created giant cavities and produced sound waves with an incredibly deep B-flat note 57 octaves below middle C, which, in turn, keeps the gas hot." >>> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120816/fdeae7c1/attachment-0001.htm>
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