Mike explains how pigeon-lovers Arno Penzius and Robert Wilson found evidence to prove the Big Bang. Find out about hisses, #starstuff, photons, poop, and more to get a full picture of what the universe actually sounds like.
Episode Music
Intro Music: Cosmos, Zu & Eugene Chadbourne, The Zu Side of the Chadbourne
Break #1: Ultime Cosmos, Lucien Dubuis Trio & Marc Ribot, Ultime Cosmos
Break #2: Three Modal Pieces: A Cosmos, Laurie Spiegel , Obsolete Systems
Break #3: Another Space Song, Failure, Fantastic Planet
Universe Sounds
Sources
You Can Still Hear the Hiss of the Big Bang
Listening to the Big Bang – in high fidelity
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
Sounds of Space: New ‘Chorus’ Recording By RBSP’s EMFISIS Instrument
Interpreting the ‘Song’ Of a Distant Black Hole
The Sound of the Big Bang – Planck Version (2013)
NASA Posts a Huge Library of Space Sounds, And You’re Free To Use Them
PD Episode Image: Holmdel horn antenna http://bit.ly/2EWsp3E