When a Star Dies, Does It Make a Noise?

There's no real sound in space, but what if data could help us to predict what a dying star might sound like? After tracking a particular star for years, a team of astronomers at the University of Michigan noticed that as the star was shredded by a massive black hole, it emitted a huge flair of intense light that could be tracked. The light’s frequencies were in turn correlated with musical notes, allowing us on Earth to imagine a sound occurring nearly four billion lightyears away. Dr. Jon Miller is a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan and part of the team that made this discovery.