The James Webb Space Telescope team has translated some of the telescope’s first photos into music through a process called sonification.
into music. Called sonification, the goal is to make the JWST’s image and data understandable through sound to help listeners create their own mental images.
“The soundtrack is vibrant and full, representing the detail in this gigantic, gaseous cavity that has the appearance of a mountain range. The Carina Nebula is a large cloud of gas and dust where stars are forming or have already formed.” “Near-infrared light is represented by a higher range of frequencies at the beginning of the track. Mid-way through, the notes change, becoming lower overall to reflect that mid-infrared includes longer wavelengths of light,” the scientists explain.
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