NASA Space Agency has captivated millions once again with a fascinating data sonification of a supermassive black hole. Watch the video here.
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- NASA shares the sound of a black hole
- This technology converts astronomical photo data into sounds
NASA shares the sound of a black hole
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The sonification was shared on Instagram by the Space Agency, who described it as a “one-hit wonder” that may not compete with Beethoven’s musical masterpieces, but is impressive nonetheless.
Sagittarius A*, the featured black hole, lies at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. According to NASA, this “ancient sleeping giant awoke only recently, about 200 years ago, to feast on gas and other cosmic material within its grasp.”
The researchers combined photos of Sagittarius A* with visual information data from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and NASA Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) to generate the sonication, transforming the visual data into an experience. audio.
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In terms of luminosity, Sagittarius A* stands out among the black holes at the centers of galaxies. Unlike its active siblings, our galaxy’s central black hole hasn’t been gobbling up its surroundings. Regardless, the ability to turn these images into music offers a unique point of view on the celestial phenomenon.
This technology converts astronomical photo data into sounds
While telescopes have always given us stunning images of space, NASA’s CXC has gone a step further by launching a sonication experiment.
This state-of-the-art technology converts astrophotography data into sound, resulting in an aural version of data visualization. NASA’s remote telescopes acquire digital data (ones and zeros) before converting them into visual images.
These photos show various wavelengths of light and radiation in space that are invisible to the naked eye.
The Chandra project goes further by converting the same data into sound and using pitch and volume to express the brightness and position of celestial objects and occurrences.
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