There are no sounds in space, but astronomical images can be interpreted as sound in various ways. NASA has released three new sonifications for astronomical images captured by its telescopes. The sonifications allow for the visually challenged to engage with astronomy. Sonifi The Chandra X-ray telescope team have been working on various techniques to …
I think humans have been fascinated with black holes for some time, and the reason for that is probably just that they’re a really interesting mystery. Human beings have always been fascinated, after all, with the things we can’t explain – or the things we can’t see with our own eyes but would really like …
Interested in hearing what a colliding pair of galaxies sounds like? NASA has shared the sonification – translation of astronomical image data into sound – of Mice Galaxies, a merging galaxy pair that will eventually merge into a single galaxy. Known as NGC 4676, the galaxy pair is located about 300 million light-years away in …