Unlocking the Mystery: Why Does White Noise Look Like That?

When we think of white noise, we often imagine the soothing soundscape created by the crashing of waves on a beach or the static hiss of a television. But have you ever stopped to wonder why white noise looks the way it does on a spectrum analyzer? White noise appears as a flat line across a variety of frequencies because it contains an equal amount of energy at every frequency. This even distribution of energy makes white noise appear to be a straight line, unlike other types of noise that have more energy concentrated in specific frequency bands. Read on to explore the science behind this fascinating phenomenon and understand why white noise looks like that.