[heegemcgee]

>he signal persisted in the LIGO frequency band for approximately 1 s, increasing in frequency and amplitude over about 55 cycles from 35 to 450 Hz

Would love to hear an audio facsimile of what this might "sound" like.

[eaq]

For this particular event, see https://losc.ligo.org/events/GW151226/, near the bottom of the page

[dev1n]

It's truly incredible that I can sit here, plug my headphones into this little electrical box and "hear" the gravitational sound of two black holes colliding. If only Mr. Einstein could be here to listen.

[pavel_lishin]

I love that the data-as-sound is so cute: https://losc.ligo.org/s/events/GW151226/GW151226_template_sh...

[jerf]

Truly an unbelievably jaunty little sound considering that it represents the entire mass of our solar system being converted into energy. Yow.

[lisper]

Indeed. And to put that into perspective:

"The amount of matter converted to energy in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about 700 milligrams, less than one-third the mass of a U.S. dime."

(From http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jul-aug/24-numbers-nuclear-...)

[saboot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyDcTbR-kEA

From the first detection