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Listen to the rhythms of the pulsating red giant star called Edasich based on brightness measurements from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Just below the surfaces of these stars, hot gas rises, cools, and then sinks, where it heats up again, much like a pan of boiling water on a hot stove. This motion produces waves of changing pressure – sound waves. The interaction of these waves results in orderly motion called standing waves that create measurable changes in the star’s brightness. Larger stars produce longer oscillations and thus have deeper tones. To produce audible tones, astronomers multiplied its oscillation frequency by 3 million times. (Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (USRA), M. Hon et al., 2021)

Red Giant Star Edasich Pulsations

NASA’s Webb Telescope observed the atmospheric characteristics of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-96 b – which contains clear signatures of water – and the resulting transmission spectrum’s individual data points were translated into sound.
 
The sonification scans the spectrum from left to right. From bottom to top, the y-axis ranges from less to more light blocked. The x-axis ranges from 0.6 microns on the left to 2.8 microns on the right. The pitches of each data point correspond to the frequencies of light each point represents. Longer wavelengths of light have lower frequencies and are heard as lower pitches. The volume indicates the amount of light detected in each data point. 
 
The four water signatures are represented by the sound of water droplets falling. These sounds simplify the data – water is detected as a signature that has multiple data points. The sounds align only to the highest points in the data.
 
Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound

Credits: Image: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).

Webb’s Exoplanet WASP-96 b Sonification

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artist : Wil Bolton
 album : Like Floating Leaves
duration(s) : 40.37 mn (LP) 59.55 mn (CD)
 date : March 06th, 2023

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 300 copies / natural clear LP / pantone / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 200 copies / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : February 03rd, 2023 / official release : March 06th, 2023
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Written, recorded and mixed by Wil Bolton in East London, January - July 2022.
Environmental sounds recorded in Venice, Stockholm, New York and Tokyo, 2014-2021.

Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Artwork by Russell Burden
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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https://wilbolton.bandcamp.com/music
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Wil Bolton - Like Floating Leaves

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