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Oct. 19, 2012
Spacecraft Records 'Chorus' of Space Sounds
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A NASA spacecraft captured the clearest recording yet of what space sounds like inside Earth’s radiation belts. Craig Kletzing, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Iowa, explains what causes these eerie chirping noises, and what we can learn from them.
ScienceCasts: The Sound of Earthsong by Science@NASA
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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer
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Craig Kletzing
F. Wendell Miller Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
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