{"id":5299,"date":"2022-12-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2022-12-09T07:56:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:56:48","slug":"do-the-northern-lights-make-sounds-that-you-can-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/do-the-northern-lights-make-sounds-that-you-can-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the northern lights make sounds that you can hear?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n John A Davis\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\nFiona Amery<\/a>, University of Cambridge<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

It\u2019s a question that has puzzled observers for centuries<\/a>: do the fantastic green and crimson light displays of the aurora borealis produce any discernible sound? <\/p>\n\n

Conjured by the interaction of solar particles with gas molecules in Earth\u2019s atmosphere, the aurora generally occurs near Earth\u2019s poles<\/a>, where the magnetic field is strongest. Reports of the aurora making a noise, however, are rare \u2013 and were historically dismissed by scientists.<\/p>\n\n

But a Finnish study<\/a> in 2016 claimed to have finally confirmed that the northern lights really do produce sound audible to the human ear. A recording<\/a> made by one of the researchers involved in the study even claimed to have captured the sound made by the captivating lights 70 metres above ground level.<\/p>\n\n

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