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Jupiter sounds (so strange!) NASA-Voyager recording

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From an original CD: JUPITER NASA-VOYAGER SPACE SOUNDS (1990) BRAIN/MIND Research
Fascinating recording of Jupiter sounds (electromagnetic "voices") by NASA-Voyager. The complex interactions of charged electromagnetic particles from the solar wind , planetary magnetosphere etc. create vibration "soundscapes". It sounds very interesting, even scary.
Jupiter is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium. The entire planet is made of gas, with no solid surface under the atmosphere. The pressures and temperatures deep in Jupiter are so high that gases form a gradual transition into liquids which are gradually compressed into a metallic "plasma" in which the molecules have been stripped of their outer electrons. The winds of Jupiter are a thousand metres per second relative to the rotating interior. Jupiter's magnetic field is four thousand times stronger than Earth's, and is tipped by 11° degrees of axis spin. This causes the magnetic field to wobble, which has a profound effect on trapped electronically charged particles. This plasma of charged particles is accelerated beyond the magnetosphere of Jupiter to speeds of tens of thousands of kilometres per second. It is these magnetic particle vibrations which generate some of the sound you hear on this recording.
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  • ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.

  • sounds like the perfect AUM

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  • wow jupiter and jupiters moon IO sound AWESOME together! so do IO and uranus rings!

  • it very relaxing and beautiful

  • @snaps81625 I agree! It sounds beautiful and relaxing.

  • @selfinfliction the space probes pick up the planet's magnetic field, and convert the magnetic waves into sound.

  • Sounds like music in the background! Beautiful sound actually. Sorta like the wind blowing through pipe or an instrument!

  • sound cannot propagate in a vacuum.

  • @MrRandomDestiny Did you pick up nothing from Science Class?

  • @va49 there is light, and radio waves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

  • @KindaGamey Dave? i'm frightened Dave.

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