If mature black holes had personalities, they would be extremely introverted. They don’t let anything out – not light, not particles, and certainly not music.
Hawking radiation is a fascinating exception to this rule, but for astrophysical black holes, it is a tiny effect.
But before they settle down, during their brief but wild youth, newly formed black holes ring out a strange, pure music. It would be beautiful to experience, and soon we will be able to do it.
When a new black hole is formed,…
