MIT researchers have discovered eight new echoing black hole X-ray binaries in our galaxy. Professor Erin Kara and colleagues have then found a way to simulate what light bouncing around a black hole sounds like.

FOOTAGE: MIT, NASA Goddard SVS, NASA Swift, 20th Century Studios, Envato Elements
Black hole sound computed by Kyle Kean, Erin Kara / MIT
Black hole animation computed by Michal Dovciak / ASU CAS
Black hole data sonification by M. Russo, A. Santaguida, K.Arcand / NASA / CXC / SAO
COVER ART: Aurore Simonnet, NASA / Swift / Sonoma State University
PHOTOS: H.Erickson, P.Karnati
BACKGROUND: Tomislav Jakupec / Pixabay
MUSIC: Coma-media / Pixabay

STUDY:
Jingyi Wang, Erin Kara, et al
The Astrophysical Journal
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10...

STORY:
MIT News
https://news.mit.edu/2022/search-reve...

MORE INFO:
Popular Mechanics
https://www.popularmechanics.co.za/sc...