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Plasmas Make Noise!

When particles with an electric charge (like those in plasma) move around, they create electromagnetic waves. These range from radio waves to X-rays.

Plasma waves can be turned into an audio signal you can hear, just as a radio turns radio waves into sound waves.

Click below to hear space sounds from Earth
Sounds courtesy of Prof. Donald A. Gurnett, University of Iowa

Whistlers
Chorus
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