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A musical spin on M74! 🎵 This new sonification features data from Hubble (optical light), Chandra Observatory (X-rays), and NASA Webb Telescope (infrared light). Scientists assigned musical elements to this spiral galaxy image to represent the information as sound. ⬇️

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Hubble2 years ago

@NASAWebb Light farther from the image's center is given a higher pitch. Hubble's observations are heard as synthesizer sounds, along with thin metallic plucked sounds for bright stars and clusters.

Universe2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb Amazing 😍

Raven_1452 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb Is there a chance that Spore's music was created somehow like this? That would be so cool!

Ingrid Mathieu Robles2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb Harmonic and natural…Magic…! ✨

EmperorBerkuien2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb The universe is musical!

Sugreem Kumar2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb Great technology nice sound

⤴️اللهم عجل لولیک الفرجALI JAVADI🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb عالی و زیباست👌

Camilo Costa2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb Awsome

Benthere Dunn That2 years ago

@chandraxray @NASAWebb Interesting...

David Appleton 💙 🇺🇦2 years ago

@NASAUniverse @chandraxray @NASAWebb Fabulous that. 👍

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