---
title: "NASA Releases Playlist of Spooky Space Sounds"
description: "NASA just dropped its hottest mixtape on Soundcloud — and it's super creepy sounds from space just in time for Halloween."
date: "2020-10-28"
modified: "2020-10-28"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-releases-playlist-of-spooky-space-sounds"
categories:
  - "NASA"
  - "Science & Energy"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "halloween"
  - "NASA"
  - "the digest"
---

# NASA Releases Playlist of Spooky Space Sounds

![NASA just dropped its hottest mixtape on Soundcloud — and it's super creepy sounds from space just in time for Halloween.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/nasa-releases-playlist-of-spooky-space-sounds.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Space Spooktacular

In space, nobody can hear you scream.

NASA just dropped its hottest mixtape on Soundcloud — and it's the agency's hand-picked selection of creepy sounds from space, to celebrate this year's All Hallow's Eve.

"You’ve heard the creaks, cracks, and cackling noises of our universe before," reads the playlist's description. "Using data from our spacecraft, our scientists gathered NEW sinister sounds from the depths of space in time for Halloween."

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1321476218030444544

[NASA](<https://soundcloud.com/nasa>) · [Sinister Sounds of the Solar System](<https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/sinister-sounds-of-the-solar>)

## Creaks and Cracks

The playlist includes sounds — or other types of data that have been converted into audio — recorded by a variety of spacecraft and instruments, ranging from the agency's Chandra X-ray Observatory to the InSight Martian lander.

InSight's onboard instruments allowed us to [hear the ghostly sounds](<https://futurism.com/world-first-listen-sounds-mars>) of the Martian winds for the first time ever in 2018. The lander used its seismometer and air pressure sensor to make the recordings. With some pitch adjustments, the resulting sounds of Mars are terrifyingly low rumbles of wind as they swirl over the Red Planet's desolate landscape.

https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/1321477525407752194

## Magnet of Terror

Also included in the playlist is a recording by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft as it crossed the boundaries of Jupiter's massive magnetic field, referred to as the "bow shock."

The agency's Juno spacecraft also recorded the haunting sounds of Jupiter's auroras. Radio emissions from these otherworldly light shows were later transformed into sound files by engineers.

**READ MORE:** [Sinister Sounds of the Solar System](<https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/sinister-sounds-of-the-solar>) \[Soundcloud\]

**More on space sounds:** *[If Sound Traveled Through Space, the Sun Would Be Extremely Annoying](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/sound-of-the-sun>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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