These infrasound sensors can help determine falling space objects' trajectory using a method known as triangulation that compares signals received by two or more sensors to establish the location ...

Faint booms from space help track incoming debris. But the path matters more than you think. Earth gains a little mass each year as space dust rains down from above, adding thousands of metric tons to ...

Giant solar balloons were sent 70,000 feet up in the air to record sounds of Earth’s stratosphere. The microphones picked up aircraft, thunder, explosions, colliding ocean waves, as well as some ...

Infrasound sensors record changes in air pressure caused by infrasound waves, which are at a frequency below what humans can hear. Infrasound sensors can register the full range of an earthquake’s ...

Tornadoes produce low frequency infrasound that can be picked up from many miles away and sometimes even before the tornado is generated (Credit: Getty Images) The terrifying, destructive power of ...