What exactly is the ‘strange sound’ in space recorded on the International Space Station – Listen to the audio

The news that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station heard and recorded a “strange sound” in space is making the rounds on the internet, leading to various conspiracy theories. NASA, after hours of analysis of the audio it received, concluded that the sound is not strange, nor unexplained, but “the result of a modulation of the sound between the space station and the Starliner.” In particular, the space agency explained that the International Space Station collects in one system all the sounds at the same time. This means that it receives the data about various astronauts talking to each other or to their services on Earth. So during the processing of the sound, a part of it can be played in the speakers. So in the case of the astronauts, the sound they heard could have been their conversation with Earth, but in the form that sound travels. “The space station audio system is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to interface, […]
Source: News Beast

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