If you could get close enough to the Sun and hang out a microphone that wouldn't melt, would it pick up any sound from our star?
Susan Newman, Richfield, Minnesota
Published: Monday, November 26, 2012
Astronomers have been “listening” to the Sun’s “humming” since 1960. But, if the solar system is a recording studio, keep in mind that it resides in a vacuum chamber. The Sun’s music reaches us not as sound but as . . .
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