Scott Simon reaches into the mailbag to read listeners' letters. Topics include criticism for a recent "fight club" piece and reaction to the sounds of Saturn. Time now for your letters. (Soundbite of ...
The launch of NASA's upcoming megarocket will be even louder, but the space agency has taken precautions to suppress the noise. Reading time 3 minutes On November 9, 1967, a 363-foot-tall (111-meter) ...
Whether you remember it from high school physics, or from your favorite Signorney Weaver sci-fi movie, we all know that sound doesn't travel in space. This is due to it being a vacuum -- a vast ...