The sound the cosmos makes - Janna Levin

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We think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack -- a sonic composition that records some of the most dramatic events in outer space. (Black holes, for instance, bang on spacetime like a drum.) An accessible and mind-expanding soundwalk through the universe.Talk by Janna Levin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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