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Plasmas Make Noise!

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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 Jupiter's magnetosphere
Sounds courtesy of Prof. Donald A. Gurnett, University of Iowa

Jovian Chorus
Electron Cyclotron Emissions
Bow Shock