The Oldest Sound Ever Recorded
You can actually hear what is left of the Big Bang
The Big Bang occurred roughly 14 billion years ago and is the agreed upon point where our physical history begins. A singularity of immense density exploded with enough force and matter to seed the nothing with the beginnings of the universe. Hot gasses, particles, atoms, and energy were ejected outward from a single point where it all settled into the stars, galaxies, and cosmic structures that we are familiar with today.
An explosion with enough force to create the universe is hard to imagine, indeed, scientists have tried to articulate this event for decades with varying degrees of success.
In addition to the existence of everything, there are other signs leftover from that massive event that can be observed today. The largest such remnant is the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) which is a layer of harmless radiation that permeates all physical space.
Thanks to the CMB we can actually hear the echoes of the Big Bang that have been playing for billions of years.
Listening to the birth of the universe
The radiation left over from the Big Bang actually expresses itself on the microwave spectrum in a frequency that can be detected and listened to. Similar…
