You love music? You love astronomy? Can both be combined? Yes!!! If you don’t think this is one of the most amazing things you’ve ever seen and heard, well, don’t ever talk to me again.
These sonifications —musical renditions of telescope observations — were released on September 22 by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Center. Here’s the basics;
THIS IS SOOOOOO ….. AWESOME!!!
“The heavens sing of the wonderful things you do” — Ps. 89:5
Matt Russo, an astrophysicist and musician in Toronto says; “Listening to the data gives people another dimension to experience the universe.”
Sonification can make cosmic wonders more accessible to people with blindness or visual impairments, as well as complement images for sighted learners. Christine Malec, a musician and astronomy enthusiast who is blind, vividly recalls the first sonification she ever heard; — “I had goosebumps, because I felt like I was getting a faint impression of what it’s like to perceive the night sky, or a cosmological phenomenon.”
While sonification is a valuable tool to get the public interested in astronomy, it also has untapped potential to help professional astronomers analyze data leading to many new discoveries.
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MANDLEBROT SONIFICATION IS COOL ALSO – CREEPY & ERIE
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Love stuff like that. Thanks Stuck. The last one sounds like a soundtrack to a Stanley Kubrick film.
Made me think of the first Alien movie.
That is pretty damn cool,perhaps I will need to rethink my apprehension of the stuckman having unlimited net access!
hahaha. Thank yeeeew.
Before the spell check police call me a dumbass, let me assure you that I fully realize “Erie” is one of the Great Lakes.
The correct word is “eerie” or “eery” — both are acceptable.
I used to be an excellent speller … even winning spelling-bee contests in grammar school. But, relying on auto-spell corrections has turned me into a dumb-ass.
I agree with spellcheck,hence,why I always spell out word correctly,and,then type it wrong again!
I will also admit my handwriting has become atrocious.
Un- That album cover is really more related to Stucky’s light spectrum visibility pictorial essay.
Very impressive. I have seen the Tabernacle Choir practice and sound is absolutely marvelous.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
The movie “Alien” has that well known tagline; “In space, nobody can hear you scream.” Well, maybe it does if you have the right equipment to detect it. Once again … man, oh man, there is SO MUCH our five senses can’t grasp.
When I watched that the first time ever this morning my jaw dropped and eyes popped open, literally, really. I’m guessing it didn’t have the same effect for most others. I’m still glad I posted it though.
As for weird earth sounds, we get “the hum” eminating from the Atlantic, coming over Judge Island to Coosaw. It’s infrequent bur usuall lasts 20-30 minutes. Using an online frequency calculator, it’s in the 30-35 hertz range.
Yet again, Stucky educates the flock. Most interesting Stucky.
This also fits into frequencies, each frequency converts to a musical note and I suspect the vibration is determining the sound that correlates to each instrument sound…… excellent.
Ah, the music of mathematical theorems.
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a new technology — it is one of major scientific tools responsible for the emergence of modern nanotechnology.
But, it can do other things. It can record sounds emanating from inside living insects like flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs!! Check it out below. OK, it’s not as cool as universe sounds, but …. we’re talking about insects!!
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What about the sound of music our own bodies make? I hope they figure out a way to show us that.
Humans are made of cells … which are made of atoms …. which are made of particles — and those particles (according to quantum mechanics) are actually just vibrating energy. Vibrations in a medium make music.
Researchers at MIT can now measure the frequency at which red blood cells vibrate and can interpret those frequencies to determine the health of a cell, such as gauging the progression of malaria in a human body.
Scientists have long suspected that, like strings on a violin, the proteins in the human body vibrate in different patterns. Scientists from the University at Buffalo have now proved it. They found that the vibrations persist in molecules like the “ringing of a bell”. They discovered that it is this vibrating motion which enables proteins to change shape quickly so they can readily bind to other proteins — a process absolutely necessary for the body to perform critical biological functions
We have trillions of cells, They sing constantly and their song changes in response to their environment. You didn’t know you were an orchestra, did you?
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In the musical ‘Jesus Christ Superstar” one of my favorite scenes (accurately based on Luke 19:39-40)is this; Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a colt, and the people shouted, “Hosanna!”. The Pharisees in the crowd didn’t like this, and they said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” And Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out”! I always thought that was quaint and poetic. But, we now know that every atom in the universe vibrates. Maybe Jesus was literally correct …. the stones themselves really would cry out!
The world looks much different now , does it not Stucky? Religion is a concoction of man, that is why I have little need as God is in us , in every stone and blade of grass. It is vibration and frequency that separate all things. Even you have a unique vibrational signature.
Speaking of things vibrating in patterns, The interior of Roselynn Chapel which contains the two famous pillars of Freemason fame, is carved with a grand multitude of shapes and symbols. The Knights Templar knew the shapes correlate to frequencies and in turn music. This was demonstrated visually and I will post a video if I can find it.