THE VIBRATING UNIVERSE M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Audio: Blitz - I love you, man 0 Sound is a vibration M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Thunderstorms create light and vibrations. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgIKVWGLUUo&t=668s 1 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Auroras are lights formed in Earth’s atmosphere when hit by energy from the Sun. They also create light and vibrations. [Real radio sound] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Auroras M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Stephane Vetter - Iceland Video: Chris Tandy - Aurora Borealis in Norway Audio: European Space Agency 2 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Let’s leave Earth on a rocket! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: ChrisIMAX Tandy - Aurora Borealis in Norway Audio: European Space Agency 3 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Let’s travel super fast to the Sun ! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell 4 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Light travels at 186,000 miles per sec The light of the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach us. It’s that far away ! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell The Sun M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell SDO/NASA The Sun is the star of our Solar System. It is made of hot gas. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell The Sun is just 1 of around 200,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy ! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Gas in the Sun acts like boiling water. The ‘bubbles’ in the Sun create earthquakes that make it vibrate. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: Youtube Audio: freesfx 5 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Let’s feel the vibrations of the Sun ! [Simulated sound] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: NASA/SDO Audio: European Space Agency 6 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell The Sun also has explosions. Humans have spacecraft taking pictures of these explosions. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Explosions happen everyday and pose no risk. But when captured by a camera, they can be transformed into funny vibrations. [Simulated sound] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: SDO/NASA Audio: Robert Alexander 7 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell The explosions of the Sun can reach planet Jupiter. Spacecraft near Jupiter have been able to detect the explosions when they reach the planet. [Real radio signals] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: NASA/HST Audio: NASA/JPL/Bowshock 8 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Planet Saturn produces its own energy which makes it vibrate ! Let’s feel it ! [Real radio signal] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: Steven Van Vuuren Audio: NASA 9 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Humans have a spacecraft orbiting around Saturn and it has crossed through the rings! The rings of planet are made of tiny particles of dust and ice. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell When crossing the rings the spacecraft was hit by thousands of tiny particles! [Impacts converted into sound] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: Steven Van Vuuren Audio: ESA/NASA/Cassini 10 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Now let’s travel to the closest stars from the Sun, called Alpha Centauri A and B. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell A race car would take 57 million years to reach Alpha Centauri A or B! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Light from our Sun takes 4 years to reach Alpha Centauri A and B. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Let’s travel faster than light out of our Solar System ! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Southern Observatory 11 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Stars Alpha Centauri A and B are similar in size to our Sun. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell All stars in the night sky also vibrate because of their hot gas ‘bubbling’, like boiling water in a pan. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell We can detect their vibrations. The vibrations from each star are different. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Southern Observatory Audio: astroseismology.org Alpha Centauri A 12 Alpha Centauri A M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Southern Observatory Audio: astroseismology.org Alpha Centauri B 13 Alpha Centauri B M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell There are stars that are smaller than the Sun. Smaller stars vibrate differently from larger stars. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Space Agency Audio: astroseismology.org White dwarf GD 358 14 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Space Agency Audio: astroseismology.org White dwarf BPM 37093 15 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell A group of billions of stars is called a galaxy. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Credit: Wikipedia Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Let’s travel outside the Milky Way! And feel the vibrations of stars that are even farther away and make up other galaxies! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Space Agency Audio: NASA 16 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Stars much bigger than the Sun end their life with a huge explosion called a supernova. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Spaghetti Nebula: Emil Ivanov Supernova M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell A supernova throws all the hot gas of a star into outer space. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Let’s feel what the gas left over from a supernova explosion vibrates like. [Simulated, not recorded] M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: European Space Agency Audio: Paul Francis Vela Supernova 17 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell The Universe was created 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang. Nothing existed before our Universe. The Big Bang made everything from nothingness. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell After the Big Bang the Universe was very very hot ! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell But it quickly started to cool down. Now it is around -453˚ Fahrenheit. Brrrrrr ! M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Credit: WMAP This is a map of the temperature of the Universe. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Credit: WMAP Blue areas are colder, red areas are hotter. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Scientists can turn the colder and hotter areas of the map into vibrations. [Simulated, not recorded]. M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T. Mitchell Video: NASA Goddard Audio: John Cramer Cosmic Microwave Background 18 M.A. De Leo-Winkler · G. Wilson · W. Green L. Chute · E. Henderson · T.