Some of the most violent cosmic collisions, like those between black holes, occur silently in the vacuum of space, but with the right instrumental ears, we can still hear it happen. Here’s how gravitational waves unlock the sounds of space. Get the latest news on space and physics at the link in our bio. 🎤 ✏️ Lee Billings & Dan Garisto 🎨 Jason Drakeford 🎞️ Jeffery DelViscio 📸 NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State/LIGO Lab, National Science Foundation, Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes, Science Photo Library/Getty Images #scientificamerican #sciam #asksciam #science #stemtok #fyp #gravitationalwaves #space #physics #astronomy #cosmos #blackholes #gravity

Taxonomic bias is upsetting the balance of the emoji animal kingdom. A representative emoji ecosystem would need roundworms, flatworms, mollusks and more. It’s about more than aesthetics– large gaps in emoji biodiversity could hamper digital communication about conservation and biology. TLDR: we want the worms! Read more at the link in our bio. 🎤 Kelso Harper, Carin Leong ✏️ Annie Roth, Lauren Leffer 🎞️ Chris Schodt 📸 Getty Images 🎵 Epidemic Sound #scientificamerican #sciam #asksciam #science #stemtok #fyp #emojis #biology #biodiversity #worms #animals #nature #conservation

Skywatchers got a special treat during the April 8 total solar eclipse when totality was adorned with solar prominences, which appeared as reddish dots around the moon’s outline. This time-lapse, filmed by astrophotographer Lucie McCormick in Mason, Texas, shows a stunning solar prominence near the bottom of the sun. Visit the link in our bio to watch the full video and learn more about this spectacle. 🎥 Lucie McCormick #scientificamerican #science #stem #space #astronomy #eclipse #totalsolareclipse #solareclipse2024 #prominence #solarprominence #totality #timelapse #astrophotography

Joy Division’s striking Unknown Pleasures album cover holds a scientific mystery. The image’s true origin was lost until senior graphics editor @ChristiansenJen traced it from the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy to its debut in a 1971 issue of Scientific American and then all the way to Cornell’s Rare Book Room. The computer-generated stacked plot of a famous pulsar came from a 1970 dissertation by Harold Dumont Craft Jr—who had no idea his data visualization was featured on one of rock’s classic albums. 🔗 You can read more at the link in our bio! 🎤 Jen Christiansen 🎞️ Chris Schodt 📸 Jen Christiansen, Joy Division, The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy, Harold D. Craft Jr., Alberto Puente, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Getty Images #scientificamerican #science #sciencetok #stemtok #pulsar #astronomy #art #music #joydivision #unknownpleasures #albumcover #vinyl #record #pulsar #arecibo #postpunk #rock

Replying to @briandnelson Our space and physics editor Clara Moskowitz explains how black holes go from explosion aftermath to absolutely nothing at all, one particle at a time. 🔗 You can read more at the link in our bio! 🤔 Have a science question? Tag us @scientificamerican and #askSciAm! 🎤 Clara Moskowitz ✏️ Adam Mann, Ahmed Almheiri 🎞️ Chris Schodt 📸 Jason Drakeford and Michael Tabb #scientificamerican #sciam #asksciam #science #sciencetok #stemtok #todayilearned #fyp #space #astronomy #blackhole #eventhorizon #virtualparticles #hawking