---
title: "Giant Space Microphones Will Record The Sounds Of The Universe"
description: "Scientists will complete an important upgrade to both the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors"
date: "2014-12-15"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Radu Serban"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/techie1986"
url: "https://futurism.com/giant-space-microphones-will-record-sounds-universe"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "space"
---

# Giant Space Microphones Will Record The Sounds Of The Universe

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Pic1.jpg>)

- The LIGO and Virgo will detect ripples in spacetime that are generated by seismic astronomical events like supernovae, galactic collisions, or even the Big Bang itself
- The upgrades will make both LIGO and Virgo roughly 10 times more sensitive
- This increase in sensitivity will allow astronomers to listen to a volume of space that is 1000 times bigger than ever before