Spooky Saturn transmissions

Jun 25, 2019, 03:28 PM

Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which were monitored by our Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth's northern and southern lights. This is an audio file of radio emissions from Saturn.

Recording by NASA. 

Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space