Sound of two black holes colliding

A team of physicists from LIGO announced today the discovery of gravitational waves. This is the sound of two black holes colliding a billion light years away from our solar system recorded by LIGO experiment.
What you hear is gravitational waves converted to audible sounds. The faint thump matches the frequencies of detected gravitational waves. The louder chirp is a higher frequency better suited to human ears.

[AndyBarabash]

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[ethanl]

this is actually the loudest sound in the universe but compared on youtube it doesnt sound anything like it for some reason. also thanks to the cameraman traveling 1.4 billion years in the past to get this sound and see it

[BeetzMagraw]

That's a pretty loud bang if you can still hear it 1.3 billion years later

[evangibbs]

When you realize that this sound is older than most multi-cellular life itself

[ericthiel]

The sound of all physics breaking down and a void so massive that everything as we know it stops existing in any recognizable, or mathmatically possible way that we can comprehend, sending ripples through space and time. Awe inspiring, and terrifying at the same time.

[swanfeathertheelder]

This is absolutely amazing, that we were able to capture the gravitational waves of such a collision and convert them into sound so we can hear what it sounds like. Though I don't know much about physics, I am very interested in astronomy, especially deep space, so this is revolutionary to me. Also, the picture/art of the black holes is incredible. That's what black holes actually look like, due to the fact that they have infinite density and an intense gravity field that stretches and distorts the light behind and around them.

[Kolossus_]

no one understands how amazing this truly is. this happened​ over a *BILLION* years ago. humans didn't even exist yet. and we're lucky enough to have recovered something that happened before we ever even saw the light of day, from millions​ of light years away...

[bartomiejkumor]

It's good to mention that this isn't the actual sound you would hear in that event. It's not possible for sound waves to travel through vacuum.

It's the effect of gravitional waves converted to sound humans are able to hear. Kind of like how radio waves work rather than just sound waves.

[ashtonkilburn]

Craziest part to me is that this sound is literally the warping of spacetime itself. 2 colliding black holes didn’t just make a loud ass noise, it created a LITERAL RIPPLE IN REALITY.

[TrustYouMe]

Somebody needs to make a song with this sample immediately

[gammaray]

Very scary. Imagine this sound with the blackholes destructive ability.

[ashleygggytttttu]

was preparing the mute half expecting porn sounds to start playing lol

[angelfuentes]

Even though it’s just a whoop sound, it still freaks me out because of how mysterious black holes are and how it just sounds so eerie and alien sounding.

[martin]

This is not a real sound. They just translated the exact frequency and wavelength of the gravitational waves they emitted into a hearable sound.

[vaneela]

Thats basically me trying to breathe when theirs a pillow on my face

[jakubopyrcha]

The most powerful celestial object be like: “bloop”

[Crakinator]

A billion years ago, a billion light years away, in a huge vacuum which voids all sound, and somebody still managed to capture this and convert it into a form we can digest. Amazing.

[Wildlifesupernannyfan]

This deserves a 10 hour loop. The most relaxing cosmic sound in the multivurse!!

[ZPS_STG]

Sounds like Darth Vader needs a new microphone.

[prashanthprabhas]

this is not colliding, just a gravitational wave