Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

In 2022, people on Earth were able to hear the planetary sounds of Mars thanks to two microphones installed on board NASA's Perseverance rover. The audio clips of these sounds in space captured range ...

Theories about the sound's origins included an undiscovered sea creature. By 2011, NOAA scientists concluded the sound was the cracking of an ice shelf during an icequake. In the summer of 1997, ...

A mysterious underwater noise recorded in 1997, the “Bloop,” fuelled years of speculation about megalodon and other undiscovered giants. But NOAA’s long-running investigation eventually traced the ...

From the wet squelch of an alien creature to the crisp tip-tapping of a dance scene, filmic aural experiences are created by foley artists. These audio masters use their imagination and technical know ...