Scott Simon reaches into the mailbag to read listeners' letters. Topics include criticism for a recent "fight club" piece and reaction to the sounds of Saturn. Time now for your letters. (Soundbite of ...

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Plasma waves found traveling between Saturn, its rings, and its moon Enceladus have been turned into sound by NASA researchers. The waves were detected by the Cassini space probe during its final ...

In 2022, people on Earth were able to hear the planetary sounds of Mars thanks to two microphones installed on board NASA's Perseverance rover. The audio clips of these sounds in space captured range ...

Since the 1950s, probes sent into space have been sending back data that reveal eerie sounds from the vastness of the galaxy. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

The launch of NASA's upcoming megarocket will be even louder, but the space agency has taken precautions to suppress the noise. Reading time 3 minutes On November 9, 1967, a 363-foot-tall (111-meter) ...

Just as the static on an AM radio grows louder with the approach of a summer lightning storm, strong radio emissions accompany bright auroral spots — similar to Earth’s northern lights — on the planet ...

Console startup sounds are supposed to be iconic. Memorable. Maybe even comforting. But let’s be honest—some of them were straight-up annoying. Whether it was the audio equivalent of a jump scare or a ...