In space, nobody can hear you scream. But NASA didn’t let that stop them from recording the cries of a black hole 250 million light-years away back in 2022. Raised to a pitch we can hear, it’s the ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. You may have heard this saying. It’s the tagline from the famous 1979 science fiction movie “Alien.” It’s a scary thought, but is it true? The simple answer is ...

A metallic screech, an eerie whir, an otherworldly growl: The playlist below sounds like it was curated for a haunted house. But the sound bites weren’t recorded to create a creepy atmosphere; they ...

The beleaguered Boeing Starliner spacecraft has been making alarming noises while docked to the International Space Station, causing one of the astronauts in space to make an urgent report to ground ...

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On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and some of the most laughable) movies about critters from outer space!

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