Pretty good... for a telescope.
"When I first heard a sonification, it struck me in a visceral, emotional way."If you're thinking, "huh, I didn't know telescopes could make music," we understand. It's a two-part effort — the JWST provides the incredible deep space imagery, and then a team of scientists and musicians, along with members of the blind and visually impaired community, collaborate to adapt the photos into extraordinary soundscapes.
"Music taps into our emotional centers," Matt Russo, a musician and physics professor at the University of Toronto, . "Our goal is to make Webb's images and data understandable through sound — helping listeners create their own mental images."According to NASA, the sonifications were conceptualized as a way to ensure that the visual wonders of astronomy are accessible for all to experience. The James Webb has quickly become one absolutely
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