Scientists Have Captured the Sounds of Mercury’s Magnetosphere for the First Time

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00:00magnetospheres like the one that encompasses earth are quite amazing they shield our planet

00:07from much of the harmful radiation from the sun meaning they essentially allow life to survive

00:12on our planet however they also have another peculiarity they sing and while the magnetosphere

00:17around mercury isn't powerful enough to allow life to survive there it still sings and experts

00:22at nasa have just captured its sounds they're aptly called chorus waves and this is what they

00:27sound like mercury's magnetic field is quite weak but it still exhibits many of the phenomena you

00:41might expect from a planet with a magnetosphere in fact despite an extremely thin atmosphere

00:45astronomers recently discovered that it still has auroras though no doubt less gorgeous than

00:50those on our own planet and that might be why the sounds of mercury's magnetosphere

00:53we're only recorded in one particular area one known as the dawn sector with the experts saying

01:02the better understanding these chorus waves could help us better understand how

01:06magnetized planetary environments are shaped by the solar winds of a system