Ever heard music from a picture, James Webb telescope has done this miracle learn more
NASA has released its recent images of deep space in a new, unique way, by introducing a series of audio tracks along with the photos which translates photos captured by the James Webb Telescope into beautiful and melodious tune.
Through the process of sonification, which is the use of non-speech audio to convey information or data, scientists have captured imagery and data. Accordingly, it includes photos of the cosmic cliffs of the Milky Way’s Carina Nebula which is a large cloud of gas and dust where stars are born and a dying star in Southern Ring Nebula. The data was then translated by a team of musicians and scientists who worked with the members of visually impaired community.
Hear that? 🎧
These soothing sounds depict the "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula. By translating data to sound, we can experience @NASAWebb's data in a new way. Also explore views of the Southern Ring Nebula and "hear" exoplanet WASP-96 b's atmosphere: https://t.co/wAk1eGKkpI pic.twitter.com/jkV0oDjFY9
— NASA (@NASA) August 31, 2022
The goal is to make the Webb’s images and data understandable through the sound and help the listeners to make their own beautiful mental images. Also, the aim of this initiative is to make the discoveries more accessible to the blind and low-vision space fans. Accordingly, the colors in the images are portrayed into the pitches of sound and the requencies of light are transformed directly into the frequencies of sound.
