The Universe is a wondrous place, full of vast numbers of planets to explore, unsolved mysteries, and even 'superbubbles' blown by black holes.<\/p>\n
But there's one thing that space really isn't: loud. Without Earth's air molecules to help you hear, out there in space you'd be listening to a whole lot of silence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Luckily, that didn't stop NASA from figuring out a way to produce sound in the soundlessness of space back in 2019 - by 'sonifying' the above image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n
Yep, move over music, podcasts, or audio-books - the new thing to listen to is Hubble images.<\/p>\n
The image NASA used for this project was taken by the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide-Field Camera 3 back in August 2018.<\/p>\n
The guys working with Hubble call the image a 'galactic treasure chest' because of the number of galaxies splattered across it.<\/p>\n
\"Each visible speck of a galaxy is home to countless stars,\" NASA explained about the image.<\/p>\n
\"A few stars closer to home shine brightly in the foreground, while a massive galaxy cluster nestles at the very centre of the image; an immense collection of maybe thousands of galaxies, all held together by the relentless force of gravity.\"<\/p>\n
But as beautiful as this image already is, it just reached a new level, once transformed into a stunningly eerie musical composition.<\/p>\n
The team that created the sonified image explains that the different locations and elements of the image produce different sounds.<\/p>\n
Stars and compact galaxies are represented by short and clear sounds, while the spiralling galaxies emit more complex, longer notes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"Time flows left to right, and the frequency of sound changes from bottom to top, ranging from 30 to 1,000 hertz,\" NASA explained in comments accompanying the video.<\/p>\n
\"Objects near the bottom of the image produce lower notes, while those near the top produce higher ones.\"<\/p>\n
And although it might sound a little eerie at first, the 'sounds' of this picture create a rather beautiful melody, especially near the middle, when the sound reaches a galaxy cluster called RXC J0142.9+4438.<\/p>\n
\"The higher density of galaxies near the centre of the image,\" the team explained, \"results in a swell of mid-range tones halfway through the video.\"<\/p>\n
So there you have it: an entirely new way to enjoy the Universe.<\/p>\n
A version of this article was first published in March 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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