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Title: In space, no one can hear you scream...Except your dog
Post by: NUMBERZero on April 10, 2010, 04:55:55 PM
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_030922.html



Says here, that space does have something of an atmosphere and that sound will carry through all of the gasses that are out there. But our ears are not sensitive enough to hear it. That explains why we can hear a B flat comming from a black hole.
Title: Re: In space, no one can hear you scream...Except your dog
Post by: -<WillyP>- on April 10, 2010, 05:10:16 PM
Very interesting!
Title: Re: In space, no one can hear you scream...Except your dog
Post by: TechPro on April 10, 2010, 08:54:49 PM
Hmmm.  B flat from a black hole?  Actually, I kind of expected that.  Sure wouldn't expect b sharp.  I mean, it's a black hole!  Anything that slips in is going to get flattened.   ;D   (har har)
Title: Re: In space, no one can hear you scream...Except your dog
Post by: Scyphi on April 11, 2010, 05:04:02 AM
That makes sense, given how much natural space junk there can be in space at any given moment.
Title: Re: In space, no one can hear you scream...Except your dog
Post by: Kaiaatzl on April 11, 2010, 07:41:02 AM
Quote from: TechPro on April 10, 2010, 08:54:49 PM
Hmmm.  B flat from a black hole?  Actually, I kind of expected that.  Sure wouldn't expect b sharp.  I mean, it's a black hole!  Anything that slips in is going to get flattened.   ;D   (har har)
B sharp doesn't exist.  It's the same note as C.
Title: Re: In space, no one can hear you scream...Except your dog
Post by: TechPro on April 11, 2010, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: Alter-Fox on April 11, 2010, 07:41:02 AM
B sharp doesn't exist.  It's the same note as C.
You could say that, but in truth it really does exist (it just happens to be the same a C like you said).  It is common practice to notate in music a B sharp (instead of simply noting C) in order to keep the music notation within the same key that the rest of it is written in.  But it's only for the musically technical.  ;)