# The sound the universe makes

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Janna Levin
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/janna_levin_the_sound_the_universe_makes)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

We think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack -- a sonic composition that records some of the most dramatic events in outer space. (Black holes, for instance, bang on spacetime like a drum.) An accessible and mind-expanding soundwalk through the universe.

## Lectures

1. [The sound the universe makes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/janna_levin_the_sound_the_universe_makes/16ee4b8040d5), 18 min (TED's player)