Deepest Bass in the Known Universe...


Guy's I came across a story today that gives new meaning to the word "BASS". This baby has bass 57 octaves lower than middle-C. You've got to check this out!

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/09sep_blackholesounds.htm?list1030225
plato

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For you scientists out there, how many "Hz" would that note correspond to? I mean you can't go below DC, right? So would that make it something like 0.0000000000673Hz (that's an example, not an actual calculation)???

And what would the wavelength of such a note be??!!!
1 cycle every 10 million years? Well, I haven't got time for that, I need the Readers Digest version.

Clueless, I think you know more than your letting on, but next time I'll expect you to divide that out for me as my cheapo calculator doesn't have that many decimal places...
So, if one cycle takes 10 million years -- maybe if we sample it at MP3 resolution we can get it down to around 10 days...
Actually they did try to computer-sumulate reversing the tone and there was some talk of an apparition of Adam Sandler (calling out for his father?) and then the experiment was mysteriously, and abruptly cancelled...
Slipknot1, if you read the article, you'd see that the sound waves were rippling through gas, and gas should support sound -- I know it does in my room. :)