Music of the sun recorded by scientists
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While I found the music stirring it lacked the danceable beat of their earlier work.
Music of the sun recorded by scientists @ Telegraph…
Astronomers at the University of Sheffield have managed to record for the first time the eerie musical harmonies produced by the magnetic field in the outer atmosphere of the sun. They found that huge magnetic loops that have been observed coiling away from the outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere, known as coronal loops, vibrate like strings on a musical instrument. In other cases they behave more like soundwaves as they travel through a wind instrument.
Click through to see and hear the video. The RIAA has since issued a takedown notice and it appears the sun will go down later today.
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