Uploaded March 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

What do you think space sounds like? I delve into your comments on my SSFX Space Sounds, revealing how these sounds were made audible and seeing if there's any truth to what you thought you could hear. More on space sounds at ssfx.qmul.ac.uk

W: martinarcher.co.uk
T: twitter.com/martinarcher
F: facebook.com/drmartinarcher

00:40 How to hear sound in space
02:22 Space sounds infographic
02:42 Sound of wind / the solar wind
03:23 Sound of things zooming past, Doppler effect? Magnetospheic resonances
04:20 Scientific explanations?
04:45 Select comments

Links for more information

Listen to and comment on space sounds
martinarcher.co.uk/ssfx

SSFX
ssfx.qmul.ac.uk
youtube.com/watch?v=qNQjXaM87T8

What is sound in space?
youtube.com/watch?v=q6ijoJu6Ito

You are living inside a massive musical instrument
youtube.com/watch?v=nFienKmHWus
theconversation.com/you-are-living-inside-a-massive-musical-instrument-and-heres-what-it-sounds-like-72992

GOES satellites
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellite
nasa.gov/content/goes-overview/index.html
goes.noaa.gov

Project Adrift
projectadrift.co.uk


SSFX is funded by a Queen Mary University of London Centre for Public Engagement Large Award
Music by Silent Partner, www.bensound.com, Audionatix