Scott Simon reaches into the mailbag to read listeners' letters. Topics include criticism for a recent "fight club" piece and reaction to the sounds of Saturn. Time now for your letters. (Soundbite of ...

In the early 1980s, two Soviet-era missions, Venera 13 and 14, measured sound waves on Venus, producing a measurement of wind ...

Think space is silent? Discover the haunting sounds of Saturn, captured by Cassini’s radio and plasma wave instrument. These eerie waves reveal an atmospheric symphony from Saturn and its moons, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the ...

A solar-powered balloon mission detected a repeating infrasound noise in the stratosphere. Scientists don't know what is making it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Console startup sounds are supposed to be iconic. Memorable. Maybe even comforting. But let’s be honest—some of them were straight-up annoying. Whether it was the audio equivalent of a jump scare or a ...

Just as the static on an AM radio grows louder with the approach of a summer lightning storm, strong radio emissions accompany bright auroral spots — similar to Earth’s northern lights — on the planet ...

Summer is a time of the year when people usually spend a lot of time outside and many of us, author included, like to be in nature. Some research suggests that humans innately tend to seek connections ...

A recent observation by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a baffling and never-before-seen phenomenon above Saturn’s north pole. Scientists have identified a series of dark, ...