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NASA Music Out of This World

Posted by michael on from the anthropomorphism dept.

Koyaanisqatsi writes "With detection instruments on NASA's Voyagers, Galileo, Cassini and other spacecraft, University of Iowa physicist Dr. Don Gurnett recorded waves that course through outer space. Gurnett converted the plasma waves into sounds which inspired a 10-movement musical composition called "Sun Rings." Sample the sounds from Galileo, Voyager and Cassini. (Full Story)"

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  1. It's been done by Robotech_Master · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, radio astronomer and musician, has already done this sort of thing. (Plus, as her collaboration with Thomas Dolby ("Quantum Mechanic") proves, she also has a great singing voice. :)

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  2. Previous Story by gorgon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Slashdot posted an earlier story on this in July. Its amusing what some people can use for inspiration.

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