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What is the sound of black hole?

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                      DOES A BLACK HOLE HAVE SOUND? RECENTLY IN AUGUST 2022, NASA DISCOVERED THE SOUND OF A BLACK HOLE. YES, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT SPACE IS A VACUUM, THEN HOW COULD SOUND TRAVEL THROUGH IT? WHERE THERE IS NO MEDIUM, THERE’S NO SOUND! BUT THE GALAXIES WHICH HAS LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENING INSIDE THEM LIKE FORMING OF STARS, THE DYING OF STARS, AND THE CLASHING OF TWO STARS. THESE HUGE EVENTS DO PRODUCE PRESSURE WAVES IN THE SPACE. THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTRE OF THE 'PERSEUS GALAXY 'CLUSTER HAS GIVEN US THE FIRST SOUND OF ANY BLACK HOLE UNTIL NOW. THE OFFICIAL LINK TO THE SOUND IS ATTACHED BELOW AT THE END OF THE BLOG. WITH THIS PRESSURE WHEN CONVERTED INTO AUDIBLE SOUND WAVES, WE CAN HEAR THE SOUND IN THE SPACE. WELL, THIS WORK IS DONE BY NASA. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED 'SONIFICATION'. IT IS JUST LIKE TRANSLATING THE SOUND.                               THE DATA FROMCHANDRA X-ray   OBSERVATORY IS MERGED AND WITH LOTS OF COMPUTER WORK I