{"id":2082,"date":"2019-02-17T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2019-02-16T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T19:48:37","slug":"sunday-morning-listen-the-sounds-of-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/17\/sunday-morning-listen-the-sounds-of-saturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Morning Listen: the Sounds of Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recordings released by NASA\/JPL let you listen to &#8220;plasma waves moving from Saturn to its rings and its moon Enceladus&#8230; like an electrical circuit between the two bodies, with energy flowing back and forth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\/JPL article: <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7186 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7186<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWHLCHv4PiI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpKPaDTVy36z0U8GxoiIkZa\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recording, if above embed doesn&#8217;t work: <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWHLCHv4PiI (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWHLCHv4PiI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWHLCHv4PiI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2082\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2082<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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