NASA unlocks new sounds of the universe with project that transforms cosmic discoveries

A new NASA project has turned the magnificence of the universe into sound, permitting the visually impaired to expertise the wonders of house.

NASA, by way of a course of referred to as sonification, translated knowledge into sound to accompany new photographs of celestial objects noticed by the company’s house telescopes. The audio was launched in conjunction with a new documentary about the project, “Listen to the Universe,” which debuted Wednesday on the company’s new NASA+ streaming platform.

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“Sonifications add a new dimension to stunning space imagery, and make those images accessible to the blind and low-vision community for the first time,” mentioned Liz Landau, who leads multimedia efforts for NASA’s Astrophysics Division and oversaw manufacturing of the documentary. “I was honored to help tell the story of how Dr. Arcand and the System Sounds team make these unique sonic experiences and the broad impact those sonifications have had.”

The NASA sonification project started in 2020 and stemmed from different Chandra X-ray Observatory tasks geared toward reaching blind and visually-impaired audiences. “Listen to the Universe” explores the course of of how these sonifications are made.

Telescopes like Chandra X-ray Observatory sometimes gather scientific knowledge from house as digital indicators and flip them into visible photographs. Sonification is an analogous course of however with audio.

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The first sonification is of a supernova remnant blowing a cloud of energized particles. Another is of a spiral galaxy, just like the Milky Way, and the third is a spatial cloud of mud and gasoline nicknamed the “Jellyfish Nebula.”

The NASA+ streaming platform was created to ship on-demand video and different content material about the company to the public and might be downloaded on most main platforms by way of the NASA App.