LIGO Gravitational Wave Chirp

Chirp pattern of gravitational waves detected by LIGO on September 14, 2015.

[Fngles]

Our parents heard the beeps from Sputnik. We hear the chirps from distant black holes colliding. Imagine what our children will discover.

[theColJessep]

You are listening to the sound of two black holes making sweet, terrible love to each other. An event powerful enough to bend the fabric of space and time for over a billion light years.

[dansearle]

this is amazing, I love how such a violent event sounds so clean and smooth, like the sound of a big drip falling into a pool of water.

[gnomethy]

This is amazing; I want to set this as my text notification noise so I can say "My text ringtone is the sound of two black holes colliding"

[marshmallowbudgie]

sounds like two black holes colliding or something

[ViperEye]

The first of many to come, can't wait what kind of surprises are out there for us to hear.

[sarperdemirdogen]

This is for my children .We listened the black holes guys. We got it. (2016)

[vermasean]

"We are pretty excited because we have measured a part in 1000...we are looking for a part in 10000" - Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez 2012 Awesome Work!

[phoebel.carpenter]

can anyone else feel these sounds inside them? it's like the same feelings as feeling the beat of loud music through your body

[nibs]

This is the coolest thing ive ever heard in my entire life ive never been so excited its like its breathing and drops of water

[correypeta]

I am a layman. Can someone explain to me how they know this is two black holes colliding? What if was something else entirely?

[Metaphsics]

Congratulations on the Nobel prize 2017.

[kgkmartin]

What an intoxicating, lovely sound! One could easily relax or fall asleep to this.

[Cruelcoil]

So the gravitational waves from the black hole merge have reached us but have the light from it also reached us? If not, when will it?

[DenniWintyr]

What's the copyright on this? Like, can I use this as a sample?

[melatoninmidna]

this sounds like the tardis leaving... *mind blown* I love astronomy and science

[maximumless]

This means that they receive the same signal at the same time on the sensors, spaced far geographically?

[HyperSpify]

That's the sound of 3 solar masses worth of energy all being converted into gravitational waves, in a tiny fraction of a second.

You thought supernovas released a lot of energy? This released 5000 times as much energy.

[iaak]

So this sound is it the sound of the gravitational wave leaving the blackhole and it was carried with the wave?

[CRR]

I don't get what's the first sound that sounds like the wind and the second one that sound like a water falling into a pond. What's their difference helppp