How loud is a black hole?

Converting the energy of 1,100 decibels to mass yields 1.113x1080 kg, meaning that the radius of the resulting black hole's event horizon would exceed the diameter of the known universe. Voila!
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Does a black hole sound like?

So what does a black hole sound like? Hell — or maybe heaven. Based on new work by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra X-ray Center, it depends on the black hole, and how you listen. Vacuous space, for the most part, lacks a continuous medium for the transmission of sound waves.
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Can a sound louder than 1100 dB black hole?

A Sound Of 1,100 Decibels Would Create A Black Hole Larger Than The Galaxy.
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Why is 194 dB the loudest sound possible?

A sound of 194 dB has a pressure deviation of 101.325 kPa, which is ambient pressure at sea level, at 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit). Essentially, at 194 dB, the waves are creating a complete vacuum between themselves. You can go louder than 194 dB, but that's not technically a “sound” anymore.
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What is the loudest sound in the universe?

The 1883 Krakatoa volcano eruption was the loudest sound recorded on Earth, but there are much louder sounds in space, even though we technically can't hear them.
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How loud is a supernova?

If we suppose that the same fraction of a supernova's energy is converted to sound, and a supernova releases 1044 joules, That means that about 1044/(840 billion) = 1032 Joules of sound energy, thirty-two orders of magnitude greater than 120 dB, or about 440 decibels.
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What is the quietest sound?

Typically, zero decibels sound pressure level (SPL) corresponds to 0.000002 Pascals — a measure of vibration or pressure waves that we really hear. So then, zero decibels is the smallest level of sound our ears can detect!
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How loud is a nuclear bomb?

A nuclear bomb.

Decibel meters set 250 feet away from test sites peaked at 210 decibels. The sound alone is enough to kill a human being, so if the bomb doesn't kill you, the noise will. Fun fact!
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How loud is the blue whale?

Not only can baleen whales emit calls that travel farther than any other voice in the animal kingdom, these giants of the deep also create the loudest vocalisations of any creature on earth: the call of a blue whale can reach 180 decibels – as loud as a jet plane, a world record.
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How loud is the sun?

DeForest pegs the sun's din on Earth at around 100 decibels, a bit quieter than the speakers at a rock concert. That's during the day, of course. At night, as we turn away from the sun, the roar would fade.
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What is 500 dB loud?

That means 500 decibels is 1029 times more powerful than a nuclear bomb from 250 feet away. Supernovae are estimated to be around 1028 megatons which means if the nukes mentioned above are 100 kilotons each, 500 decibels would be like listening to a supernova 250 feet in front of your face.
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Is 120db loud?

120 dB is a decibel level that describes extremely loud sounds. In fact, on a decibel chart, 120 dB marks the limit from which sounds become painful and very dangerous to the human ear.
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How many decibels can destroy the universe?

Converting the energy of 1,100 decibels to mass yields 1.113x1080 kg, meaning that the radius of the resulting black hole's event horizon would exceed the diameter of the known universe. Voila! No more universe.
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What is the loudest thing on earth?

The loudest sound in recorded history came from the volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island Krakatoa at 10.02 a.m. on August 27, 1883.
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What is the quietest animal in the world?

A fish is the quietest animal in the world. Other quiet animals are: owls, sloths, octopuses, beavers or house cats.
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What is the loudest thing in the world?

The Krakatoa volcanic eruption: Not only did it cause serious damage to the island, the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 created the loudest sound ever reported at 180 dB. It was so loud it was heard 3,000 miles (5,000 km) away.
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What does a nuke smell like?

Other bombs smell like the materials which cause the explosion, e.g., napalm smells like gasoline and tnt smells like gun powder.
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How many decibels is a human scream?

The average decibel level of human speech is estimated between 55 and 65 decibels. A whisper is considered the lowest decibel level of human speech. A whisper is between 20-30 dB. On the other hand, a human scream can reach decibel levels between 80 and 125 dB.
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What cities in US would be nuked first?

The cities that would most likely be attacked are Washington, New York City and Los Angeles. Using a van or SUV, the device could easily be delivered to the heart of a city and detonated. The effects and response planning from a nuclear blast are determined using statics from Washington, the most likely target.
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Can a person hear 0 decibels?

Humans have a hearing threshold of around 0 decibels. Above this threshold, sounds with higher sound pressure levels are heard as louder noises.
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Can humans hear zero decibels?

A human can normally hear sounds between 0 and 130 dB. 0 decibels represent the human hearing or auditory threshold (the level we can start hearing sounds from). 130 dB is the pain threshold (the maximum level of sound we can hear without feeling intense pain and instantly damaging our hearing).
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What is the weakest sound a human can hear?

The threshold of hearing is generally reported as the RMS sound pressure of 20 micropascals, i.e. 0 dB SPL, corresponding to a sound intensity of 0.98 pW/m2 at 1 atmosphere and 25 °C. It is approximately the quietest sound a young human with undamaged hearing can detect at 1,000 Hz.
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How loud is space?

Studies on a single space shuttle flight found temporary partial deafness in the crew. Inside the International Space Station (ISS) it is so loud that some fear for the astronauts' hearing. At its worst, the noise level in sleep stations was about the same as in a very noisy office (65 decibels).
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Does the sun make a noise?

The Sun does indeed generate sound, in the form of pressure waves. These are produced by huge pockets of hot gas that rise from deep within the Sun, travelling at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour to eventually break through the solar surface.
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What causes a Hypernova?

A hypernova (sometimes called a collapsar) is a very energetic supernova thought to result from an extreme core-collapse scenario. In this case, a massive star (>30 solar masses) collapses to form a rotating black hole emitting twin energetic jets and surrounded by an accretion disk.
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