In space, no one can hear you scream. You may have heard this saying. It’s the tagline from the famous 1979 science fiction movie “Alien.” It’s a scary thought, but is it true? The simple answer is ...

While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that take a value of either 0 or 1, quantum computers are based on qubits. These can have a state that ...

The unfathomable vacuum that is outer space is quiet — to the tune of zero decibels. This is because particles vibrate when sound is present. In near-empty areas of space, there are no (or very few) ...

321 ignition, *** crew delayed or stuck on the space station is uncommon, delayed. Certainly, you know, I mean, stranded. Sounds like you're in *** life boat in the middle of the Pacific, you know, ...

Bursts of plasma, called chorus waves, ripple at the same frequency as human hearing. When converted to audio signals, their ...

Space is mostly quiet. Data collected by telescopes is most often turned into silent charts, plots, and images. A “sonification” project led by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s Universe of ...