{"id":778001,"date":"2024-02-28T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=778001"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:00:51","slug":"listen-to-the-universe-new-nasa-sonifications-and-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=778001","title":{"rendered":"Listen to the Universe: New NASA Sonifications and Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Three new sonifications of images from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have been released in conjunction with a new documentary about the project that makes its debut on the NASA+ streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>Sonification is the process of translating data into sounds. In the case of Chandra and other telescopes, scientific data are collected from space as digital signals that are commonly turned into visual imagery. The sonification project takes these data through another step of mapping the information into sound.<\/p>\n<p>The three new sonifications feature different objects observed by NASA telescopes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonification of Ghostly Cosmic Hand\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FGs7jjM2UHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The first is MSH 11-52, a supernova remnant blowing a spectacular cloud of energized particles resembling the shape of a human hand, seen in data from Chandra, NASA\u2019s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), and ground-based optical data.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonification of Phantom Galaxy\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2dgle5maku8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>M74 is a spiral galaxy like our Milky Way and this sonification combines data taken with NASA\u2019s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes as well as X-rays from Chandra.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#NASA Sonification of Jellyfish Nebula\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NqBfQeJqkfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The third object in this new sonification trio is nicknamed the Jellyfish Nebula, also known as IC 443. These data include X-rays from Chandra and the now-retired German ROSAT mission as well as radio data from NSF\u2019s Very Large Array and optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Listen to the Universe (Documentary Trailer)\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FmzZFEYVfEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The new documentary, \u201cListen to the Universe,\u201d now available on NASA+ ( explores how these sonifications are created and profiles the team that makes them possible.<\/p>\n<p>Started in 2020, the NASA sonification project built off of other Chandra projects aimed at reaching blind and visually-impaired audiences. It has since shown to be meaningful to that community but also impacts much wider audiences, finding listeners through traditional and social media around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited to partner with NASA+, along with her collaborators at SYSTEMS Sounds, to help tell the story about NASA\u2019s sonification project,\u201d said Kimberly Arcand, Chandra\u2019s Visualization and Emerging Technology Scientist, who leads the sonification efforts. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to see how this project has grown and reached so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NASA+ is the agency\u2019s new streaming platform, delivering video and other content about NASA to the public whenever and wherever they want to access it. The on-demand streaming service is available to download on most major platforms via the NASA App on iOS and Android mobile and tablet devices, as well as streaming media players Roku and Apple TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSonifications add a new dimension to stunning space imagery, and make those images accessible to the blind and low-vision community for the first time,\u201d said Liz Landau, who leads multimedia efforts for NASA\u2019s Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters, Washington, and oversaw production of the \u201cListen to the Universe\u201d documentary. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information about the NASA sonification project through Chandra, which is made in partnership with NASA\u2019s Universe of Learning, can be found at <\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Chandra program. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory\u2019s Chandra X-ray Center controls science operations from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and flight operations from Burlington, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech\/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard &amp; Smithsonian, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory.<\/p>\n<p>For more Chandra images, multimedia and related materials, visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\n<p>Megan Watzke<br \/>Chandra X-ray Center<br \/>Cambridge, Mass.<br \/>617-496-7998<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Deal<br \/>Marshall Space Flight Center<br \/>Huntsville, Ala.<br \/>256-544-0034<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/chandra\/listen-to-the-universe-new-nasa-sonifications-and-documentary\/?rand=772114\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three new sonifications of images from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have been released in conjunction with a new documentary about the project that makes its debut on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":778002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-NASA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=778001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/778002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=778001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=778001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=778001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}