Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space
- Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place.
- The waves were sensed over 62,000 miles from Earth, where they have never been measured before.
- The sounds were picked up by NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites launched in 2015.
- The newfound waves open up new questions about the physics in this area, according to Allison Jaynes.
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Strange chirping heard in space
Scientists at Beihang University in China have detected a chirping sound more than 100,000 kilometers from Earth. The researchers analyzed data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) satellites and identified a phenomenon called a "coronary wave." It's a burst of electromagnetic radiation that travels along the lines of Earth's magnetic field.
Potentially deadly 'chirping waves' detected in baffling location near Earth, and scientists are stumped
Chorus waves are mysterious, chirping signals produced by spiraling plasma inside our planet's magnetic field. But a new detection suggests scientists may understand less about them than first thought.

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space - Seymour Tribune
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of plasma, called chorus waves, ripple at the same frequency as human hearing. When converted to audio signals, their sharp notes mimic high-pitched bird calls. Researchers have captured such sounds in space before, but now […]
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