Sound—in the form of shock waves—helps sculpt the beautiful, delicate structures of some supernova remnants, such as those seen here in a Hubble Space Telescope image of the Veil Nebula. “In space no ...

You’ve probably heard astronauts talking to mission control while they perform operations in space. In these recordings, you can hear the back-and-forth chatter, along with the astronaut’s breathing ...

At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

If you have ever watched a space film packed with roaring explosions and dramatic engine noise, here is the truth: space is silent. Completely. Not because it is calm, but because sound cannot travel ...

JACKSONVILLE, FLA – On May 31, 2025, humanity will send a piece of its soul into the stars — not with rockets or probes, but with a melody. In a first-of-its-kind event, Johann Strauss II’s “Blue ...

“Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause” is on view in the Kravis Studio at New York’s Museum of Modern Art through July 6. Photo: Jonathan Dorado © The Museum ...