Science meets art: the sun gets a soundtrack

The sun gets a soundtrack (Image:NASA)

We’ve all seen mesmerizing footage of the sun’s fiery surface as it bubbles and seethes at 6.5 million degrees, but now we can hear it! Researchers from University of Michigan and a composer from Alumnus School of Music have interpreted the sun’s solar wind into music by a process called sonification. This has allowed them to understand events happening the sun in a whole new way.
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