A team from the University of Southampton used physics and mathematics to replicate the natural sounds of other worlds – from lightning on Venus to whirlwinds on Mars and ice volcanoes on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.

They have also modelled the effects of different atmospheres, pressures and temperatures on the human voice on Mars, Venus and Titan.

Tim Leighton, of the university’s Institute for Sound and Vibration Research, said: “We are confident of our calculations. We have been rigorous in our use of physics taking into account atmospheres, pressure and fluid dynamics.

“On Venus, the pitch of your voice would become much deeper. That is because the planet’s dense atmosphere means that the vocal cords vibrate more slowly through this ‘gassy soup’.

“However, the speed of sound in the atmosphere on Venus is much faster than it is on earth, and this tricks the way our brain interprets the size of a speaker (presumably an evolutionary trait that allowed our ancestors to work out whether an animal call at night was something that was small enough to eat or so big as to be dangerous).

“When we hear a voice from Venus, we think the speaker is small, but with a deep bass voice. On Venus, humans sound like bass Smurfs.”