NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected sound waves, for the first time, from a super-massive black hole. The "note" is the deepest ever detected from an object in the universe. The tremendous amounts of energy carried by these sound waves may solve a longstanding problem in astrophysics...
Selected coverage:
- Chandra "Hears" A Black Hole For The First Time (Chandra press room, NASA HQ)
- Black hole hums B flat (BBC News)
- Supermassive Black Hole Sings for Its Supper (Scientific American)
- Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot Like a B Flat (New York Times, subscription required)
A Deep Voice From Deep Space (Washington Post, subscription required) - Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard (SPACE.com)
- Out of black hole's deep throat, a bass note (Christian Science Monitor)
- A Note on the Perseus Cluster (Astronomy Picture of the Day)