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Imagen con remolinos, arcos y estelas de color rojo y amarillo que se superponen sobre un fondo nebuloso, con una brillante mancha blanca de luz cerca del centro.
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La música de las esferas del siglo XXI

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 7 March 20247 March 2024

Científicos y artistas están dando voz a todo, desde planetas hasta agujeros negros, enriqueciendo la experiencia de la investigación y acercando las maravillas del universo a nuevas audiencias.

Colorful multibeam bathymetry shows pits likely created by porpoises on the seafloor. Some pits have merged together to create bigger conjoined pits.
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Mysterious Seafloor Pits May Be Made on Porpoise

by Andrew Chapman 15 February 20246 June 2024

Some shallow seafloor depressions off the coast of Germany that look like those associated with methane might instead be the work of porpoises.

Scientists on a boat lowering a seismometer into the water.
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The Not-So-Silent Depths

by Gaye Bayrakci and Frauke Klingelhoefer 9 February 202412 February 2024

A new book reveals that ocean depths are far from silent voids, but are actually alive with noise.

Artist rendering of a digital wave
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The Sound of Science

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 21 December 202321 December 2023

Noisy data aren’t always a bad thing.

Bubbles and the silhouettes of fish are seen from below, with light from the surface above them.
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Oceanic Cacophony 

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 21 December 202321 December 2023

The ocean is a pretty loud place, and anthropogenic noise is adding another layer to the soundscape.

Whirls, arches, and streamers of red and yellow are overlaid on a hazy background, with a bright white blur of light near the center.
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The 21st Century’s “Music of the Spheres” 

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 21 December 20237 March 2024

Scientists and artists are giving voice to everything from planets to black holes, enriching the research experience and bringing wonders of the universe to new audiences.

A close-up view of a fiber-optic cable. One main cable is filled with smaller glass strands that are pathways through which light communications pass and transmit data.
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Thunderquakes Map the Subsurface

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 4 December 202314 May 2024

Researchers have figured out how rumbling thunder turns to seismic waves and how this shaking could be used to reveal subsurface geology.

Several large brown animals stand in pale yellow grass. A tree at the right of the photo partially obscures several animals.
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When the Woods Get Noisy, the Animals Get Nervous

by Christine Peterson 19 July 202324 July 2023

New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.

Drawing of a magma reservoir and conduits below Kīlauea volcano
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Earth Is Noisy. Why Should Its Data Be Silent?

by Leif Karlstrom, Ben Holtzman, Anna Barth, Josh Crozier and Arthur Paté 9 June 20236 June 2024

Combining visual and sonic representations of data can make science more accessible and help reveal subtle details. The recent decade-long eruption of Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano offers a prime example.

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Eavesdropping on the Vibrations of Earth’s Magnetic Bubble

by Erin Martin-Jones 9 May 202316 May 2023

A NASA-funded crowdsourced science project has converted the unheard sounds resonating inside Earth’s magnetic shield into audible tracks, revealing an orchestra of whistles, wooshes, and chirps.

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