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Stellar Seismologists Record "Music" From Stars
niktemadur writes "The BBC reports that a French team of stellar seismologists, using the COROT Space Telescope, have converted stellar oscillations into sound patterns, a relatively new technique that, according to Professor Eric Michel of the Paris Observatory, is already giving researchers new insight into the inner workings of stars. The subtly pulsating, haunting sounds are very similar to artist Aphex Twin's minimalistic nineties album 'Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2,' only stripping away what little melody it had and leaving just the beat. These and many more recordings from space can be accessed at the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics website, also known as the Jodcast."
..the RIAA looks to the stars for a new revenue stream.
And are these stars receiving any royalties from these recordings?
If not, then would that make these seismologists Space Pirates?
Am I the only one who interpreted 'stellar' to mean 'really awesome'? As in 'Some really awesome, talented seismologists Record Music From Stars'?
Man, that was confusing.
This just shows that Pythagoras and Kepler were right!
After discovering The Music Of The Spheres, the pair of philosopher-scientists went on to form the ambient electronica duo P&K. After three moderately successful albums they split, citing creative differences. Pythagoras now teaches high school math in Wichita, KS. Kepler is currently in the Shady Acres Sanitarium.
Roll credits.
Those silly Earthlings... we beamed all of our rap music into space to get rid of it and they're actually trying to listen to it
...every time i compile a new kernel:
cat vmlinuz >> /dev/dsp
now *that* is geek music