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Good news, astrology fans - even more sounds from space have been unveiled. This time, scientists have released a recording of a comet singing.
Last month, NASA began to unveil a stream of astounding recordings from outer space. Now, scientists from the European Space Agency have landed a satelite on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk to study a layer of plasma around the rock.
As reported by ABC Science, they then tuned their instruments to between 40 and 50 millihertz, where the data it picked up showed the comet 'singing'.
It's not singing (it's the recording of oscillations created by the "the ionisation of neutral particles from the comet’s jets - collide with high-energy particles from interplanetary space and become ionised. Because it is electrically charged, the plasma then interacts with the cometary magnetic field, causing oscillations"), but still, it's beautiful, and sounds a little like a backing track to Sigur Ros or Bjork.
Expect it to appear on Muse's next album.
Listen to the 'singing comet' below
