New Posts For Thread: This is the actual sound ...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-soundDid anyone else just see that awful "science" piece on the BBC news? Where the science editor, who you would presume got the job by not being a total idiot, played back a plopping noise and said that this was the "actual sound" of two neutron stars cIt's NASA photos that get me ......... From a far away planet the earth is the size of a pin head, yet a satellite can take a picture, turn around, shoot the jpeg back toward where Earth is spinning at 60,000 mph, it dodges every piece of space debrihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=553006967#553006967It's NASA photos that get me ......... From a far away planet the earth is the size of a pin head, yet a satellite can take a picture, turn around, shoot the jpeg back toward where Earth is spinning at 60,000 mph, it dodges every piece of space debriMon, 23 Oct 2017 14:57:35 -0500They just outdid this one, they are discussing charging more for some cars in London, and the annoying tw-t who is their transport guy just said cars emit "nitrogen dioxide and tiny particles only visible if you use a special camera" - and then theyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=553006419#553006419They just outdid this one, they are discussing charging more for some cars in London, and the annoying tw-t who is their transport guy just said cars emit "nitrogen dioxide and tiny particles only visible if you use a special camera" - and then theyMon, 23 Oct 2017 12:14:04 -0500that's how it is possible to hear the sound of the early universe. It is the same as a star that is no longer there , but we can see it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975569#552975569that's how it is possible to hear the sound of the early universe. It is the same as a star that is no longer there , but we can see it.Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:56:57 -0500Prof Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University told BBC News that this was "the first rung of a ladder" for a new method of measuring distances in the Universe."A new observational window on the Universe typically leads to surprises that cannot yet behttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975567#552975567Prof Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University told BBC News that this was "the first rung of a ladder" for a new method of measuring distances in the Universe."A new observational window on the Universe typically leads to surprises that cannot yet beMon, 16 Oct 2017 17:55:18 -0500sound can travel across deep time, a cycle of one oscillation every 10 million years.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975545#552975545sound can travel across deep time, a cycle of one oscillation every 10 million years.Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:48:14 -0500i sometimes think that the sound and vision will bounce off some object in space and return.maybe spoken word will be lost in the vacuum, but we could learn to lip readhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975495#552975495i sometimes think that the sound and vision will bounce off some object in space and return.maybe spoken word will be lost in the vacuum, but we could learn to lip readMon, 16 Oct 2017 17:34:30 -0500If you travel far enough out into the universe you could hear Shakespeare speak, a little further you would hear Jesus, you could hear what you said yourself on your first day at school .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975479#552975479If you travel far enough out into the universe you could hear Shakespeare speak, a little further you would hear Jesus, you could hear what you said yourself on your first day at school .Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:28:02 -0500It's not the "actual sound" though is it. It's a translated analogue of a totally different physical property into audio that happens to be useful for one of our senses.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975419#552975419It's not the "actual sound" though is it. It's a translated analogue of a totally different physical property into audio that happens to be useful for one of our senses.Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:58:45 -0500Gravity waves are distortions of space-time, and not sounds per se, but luckily these vibration resonate at audible frequencies. So, by converting the measurements to soundwaves, LIGO scientists can “listen” to the universe. This most recent obsehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975411#552975411Gravity waves are distortions of space-time, and not sounds per se, but luckily these vibration resonate at audible frequencies. So, by converting the measurements to soundwaves, LIGO scientists can “listen” to the universe. This most recent obseMon, 16 Oct 2017 16:54:38 -0500Did anyone else just see that awful "science" piece on the BBC news? Where the science editor, who you would presume got the job by not being a total idiot, played back a plopping noise and said that this was the "actual sound" of two neutron stars chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954319/this-is-the-actual-sound?post_id=552975377#552975377Did anyone else just see that awful "science" piece on the BBC news? Where the science editor, who you would presume got the job by not being a total idiot, played back a plopping noise and said that this was the "actual sound" of two neutron stars cMon, 16 Oct 2017 16:36:38 -0500