SYSTEM Sounds: Bringing the Music of the Spheres Down to Earth Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/system-sounds-bringing-the-music-of-the-spheres-down-to-earth/ Astronomy for a better world! Fri, 06 May 2022 14:33:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg SYSTEM Sounds: Bringing the Music of the Spheres Down to Earth Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/system-sounds-bringing-the-music-of-the-spheres-down-to-earth/ 32 32 Sonification Project Improves Science Engagement https://astro4dev.org/sonification-project-improves-science-engagement/ Fri, 06 May 2022 14:33:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24831 The SYSTEM Sounds project produced 9 Sonification videos (True Love Waits, Saturn Harp, Jupiter’s Moons, Black Widow Pulsar, Black Widow Pulsar (Narrated), Music of K2-187 Exoplanets, Light Curves of K2-187, Entire Light Curve of K2-187, Moon Impacts). The videos have been viewed over 185 000 times on YouTube and the project was featured on space.com, [...]

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]]> Sonification videos and Web apps https://astro4dev.org/sonification-videos-and-web-apps/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:49:41 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17828 The project produced 5 sonification videos in 2018. True Love Waits: http://www.system-sounds.com/true-love-waits/ Jupiter’s Moons: http://www.system-sounds.com/jupiters-moons/ Black Widow Pulsar: http://www.system-sounds.com/black-widow-pulsar/ Play Saturn Harp: http://www.system-sounds.com/saturn-harp/ Play Jupiter’s Moons: https://matt-russo.github.io/systemsounds-apps/jupiters-moons/ Github: https://github.com/matt-russo/systemsounds-apps They have been viewed over 65 000 times on YouTube and were featured on space.com, Virgin Radio, and in The Outline. We produced 2 online applications (Saturn [...]

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]]> update: Pulsar and Blazar musicalizations https://astro4dev.org/update-pulsar-and-blazar-musicalizations/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:04:00 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17809 Latest on SYSTEM Sounds website BLACK WIDOW PULSAR Listen to the sound of the Black Widow Pulsar as it destroys its mate! The pulsar’s 622Hz period produces an Eb note and the flickers are caused by the radio beam passing through the brown dwarf’s tail which acts like a magnifying glass. All sounds in these [...]

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]]> update: Musicalizations https://astro4dev.org/update-musicalizations/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:47:45 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17586 SYSTEM Sounds has created music from astronomical systems and data. Below is some of their work. Project website The motion of the solar system’s terrestrial planets is converted into musical pitches and rhythms [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAWkuv1HXy4[/embedyt]   2. Saturn’s rings are converted into musical notes. Visit system-sounds.com/saturn-harp for an interactive version [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnDDsq617A8[/embedyt]   3. The Sound of [...]

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]]> update: TED Talk https://astro4dev.org/update-ted-talk/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:38:34 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17584 TED talk by Matt Russo [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWrINuI2ac[/embedyt]

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]]> update: press publicity and videos https://astro4dev.org/update-press-publicity-and-videos/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:39:20 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17219 Inspired by the discovery of the remarkable TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, an astrophysicist, a musician, and an astrophysicist/musician decided to explore what happens when the rhythms and harmonies of astronomical systems are translated into music so they can be heard by human ears. The result is SYSTEM Sounds, a collection of music and animations generated by [...]

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]]> Overview of project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-project-17/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:50:00 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17021 SYSTEM Sounds is a science-art project which translates astronomical systems and data into music and sound, and integrates them into high quality videos with broad public appeal. Following the success of our initial releases on TRAPPIST-1 and Saturn, we wish to extend this project to other systems with a focus on well known objects and [...]

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