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Hey, Saturn -- neat sounds!

3a660_saturn.jpg This audio recording of radio waves created by the various auroras coming off of Saturn was recorded a few years ago by the Cassini-Huygens mission, but that can't keep this hepcat from gettin' down to this gas giant's ca-raaaazy groove!

These radio emissions vary widely across frequency and time, and to listen to them this 73-second recording was compressed from 27 minutes. The frequency range was also shifted by a factor of 44 to enable listening by our weak human ears. But if you ask me, I just like the beat.

Eerie Sounds of Saturn's Radio Emissions (NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/University of Iowa)

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