Zone Out To The Eerie Sounds Of Planet Mars - Jalopnik

When you think of some of the eeriest sounds on Earth, you’ll probably think of warning sirens, piercing screams, or even John Carpenter’s Halloween theme — but it turns out that Mars has its share of creepy noises that sound like they could be pulled right from a horror movie soundtrack.

NASA has shared audio captured by the Perseverance rover just before the spookiest time of year.

There are clips of the Ingenuity helicopter hovering above Mars, Perseverance driving and capturing laser scans of rocks, and even just wind.

Because the planet’s atmosphere is much less dense than Earth’s, scientists knew higher-pitched sounds in particular would be hard to hear.

I’ve had them on as background music all day, and while they’re a little unsettling — many of the sounds remind me of creepy sci-fi films or those weird recordings people like to post on conspiracy theory YouTube — it’s mostly just fascinating to hear what it sounds like on a different planet