The Strange Sound That The Sun Makes #science #funfacts #astronomy #sounds #outerspace The Sun, a colossal ball of plasma, is a dynamic environment teeming with activity that generates tremendously loud sounds. These sounds originate from the intense turbulence and convection occurring deep within the Sun’s interior. The plasma’s movement creates pressure waves, much like sound waves on Earth, which resonate and produce vibrations with frequencies ranging from millihertz to millihertz. These oscillations, studied through a field called helioseismology, provide scientists with invaluable insights into the Sun’s internal structure and processes. However, despite the immense sound generated within the Sun, these sounds never reach us here on Earth. The primary reason lies in the nature of space itself. Space is a near-perfect vacuum, meaning it lacks the necessary medium—such as air, water, or solid materials—to transmit sound waves. Sound requires molecules to vibrate and carry the wave from its source to a receiver. In the vacuum of space, there are so few particles that sound waves simply cannot propagate. For more info, search for the "Sounds of the Sun" article from @nasa.curiosity