Quick Look: 'Listen' to the Light Echoes From a Black Hole

Опубликовано: 12 Март 2026
на канале: Chandra X-ray Observatory
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A new sonification turns X-ray “light echoes” from a black hole into sound.

Rings of X-rays seen by NASA’s Chandra and Swift observatories show the echoes.

Material around a black hole can generate bursts of X-rays.

The X-rays reflect off clouds of gas and dust like beams from headlights can in fog.

More information at: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/son...