Although it’s hard to say why, some of nature’s most powerful forces make for some of the most soothing sounds. Lapping ocean waves are, of course, a bedtime classic. As are monstrous thunderstorms.

Researchers have recorded a strange new sound that started coming from a volcano in Ecuador after it erupted in the fall of 2015 — and the sound is incredibly soothing. It sounds like a napping ...

Photographer Jakob Vegerfors captured ASMR sounds of the erupting Geldingadalir volcano in Iceland and they are incredibly soothing. Although it’s hard to say why, some of nature’s most powerful ...