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[โ€“] BarbecueCowboy@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Large homogenous objects make noise. Most theories i've heard think it's a result of vibration/internal stresses.

[โ€“] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

But is the joke that it will hum because that feature is money well spent, or because a large orb just does because of science, or because it just does and no one knows why?