A NASA project called sonifications gives a new way to experience beautiful images of space: via sound.
A NASA project called sonifications gives a new way to experience beautiful images of space: via sound. Three new sonifications have translated visual information in images taken by NASA telescopes into soundscapes, letting you hear the sounds of cosmic objects.
The new sonifications are of a famous nebula, a distant galaxy, and a dead star, using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. Previous sonifications have included the sounds of a black hole and a pair of interacting galaxies.
“We are so excited to partner with NASA to help tell the story about NASA’s sonification project,” said the leader of the sonification project, Kimberly Arcand of Chandra’s Visualization and Emerging Technology Scientist, in a statement. “It’s wonderful to see how this project has grown and reached so many people.
