Does the earth, hurtling along in space, make a noise?

Question

The earth is moving and revolving at great speed .It should be making a loud noise.We don't hear any noise.How is that?

Yes,space is a vacuum and sound waves can not travel in space.But what about the atmosphere around the earth?When the earth revolves .it should make a loud noise in the atmosphere

Answer 1

Noise is vibration transmitted through air and received by our brains.

Yes, the surface speed of the earth is very high, but it is not creating any "noise" because everything is moving at the same speed, therefore no vibration is created.

If you are considering the electromagnetic equivalent of "noise" then when the earth's magnetic field crosses the magnetic fields of other bodies (sun, other planets, etc) there may be radio frequency "noise" generated, but nothing we can hear.

So when nothing causes interference there is no noise.

Answer 2

there is not any single element this is the "middle" of the universe. each element has equivalent declare to being the middle -- there is not any particular element. despite the fact that, there's a nicely-liked physique for measuring velocities, and that's the cosmic microwave historic past radiation (CMBR). The CMBR is the sunshine from the universe while it become approximately 380,000 years previous and ordinary became sparkling. Relative to the CMBR, the Earth is moving at 370 km/s, or 827,seven-hundred miles consistent with hour (effortless speed over a three hundred and sixty 5 days). for the period of the three hundred and sixty 5 days, the Earth's speed in orbit around the solar is plus or minus sixty seven,000 miles consistent with hour.

Answer 3

We cannot receive the noise of movement of Earth at its fantastic speed of 1800 km/hr on its Geo-physical axis and about 1,08,000 km/hr on its solar orbit due to only fact that we are inside the Earth and the energy level (of noise) in the vacuum in the space is so low which is partially absorbed in the atmosphere itself!

The noise due to the air movement inside the earth is governed by the gravity and they move silently, except to make the thunders when they are fully drunk!

Answer 4

Yes it does.

The fundamental mode of the Schumann resonance is a standing wave in the Earth-ionosphere cavity with a wavelength equal to the circumference of the Earth. This lowest-frequency (and highest-intensity) mode of the Schumann resonance occurs at a frequency of approximately 7.8 Hz. Further resonance modes appear at approximately 6.5 Hz intervals, a characteristic attributed to the atmosphere's spherical geometry.

Which is well below the capacity of human hearing.

Answer 5

Contrary to the others' answers, I guess the earth does make a sound..

..anything that vibrates (meaning in motion) produces a sound. Although, you can't hear it because sound can't travel in space.

Consider the situation of "If a tree fell in the forest and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound?" Yes, of course! (*see reference) As stated earlier, if it vibrates, it makes a sound.

Therefore, I'd say that, yes, the earth makes a noise in space.

Although, I'm not sure of my answer. Try asking an astrophysicist..lol. haha. But really, I'm serious..ask one.

Answer 6

Sound and our ability to hear is completely dependant on an atmosphere (air).You cannot hear sound in space (a vacume).
All those movies that show spaceships whooshing by are not depicting real life.Its my personal pet peeve with science fiction movies.

Answer 7

There is no noise in space. Also, in order for there to be noise, something or someone must be around to process the sound waves into sound.

Answer 8

not quite what you're looking for, but you made me remember an article about how an earthquake made the Earth 'ring like a bell'.... here's more about that....

http://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+rings+like+a+bell&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

long back, like the Sixties, there was a recording that had 'music' of the celestial spheres on it, amplified, supposedly, and jacked up to where we could hear it.... sounded a bit like whale-song but more bell-like... I was a bit 'off' when I heard it, so take that with a grain of salt.... *smile*............

Answer 9

i'd imagine that space is a vacuum
you wont hear a thing