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A sonic tour of the solar system

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The Sound of Mercury and Earthquakes

Sound takes on many forms, but the kind that we're most familiar with is pressure waves moving through gas. Places like mercury and these rocky bodies with no atmospheres would be similar to being in space. Each planet is a unique sound scape shaped by its particular make up. So let's go from planet to planet in our solar system to find out what the surface of each one would sound like to our ears. To be clear, you'd pretty much die instantly everywhere but here,. We're going to pretend to have superhuman powers that will keep us alive.

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