Sonification and sound design for astronomy research, education and public engagement - Nature.com

The use of sound to represent astronomical data complements visual analysis tools and makes astronomy more accessible. This Perspective presents a growing number of projects with increasing applications in research, education and outreach across astronomy.

For the rest of this article we focus on the conscious attempts to apply the techniques of sound design and sonification in an astronomy context. Through a community effort, we have collated 98 such … [+17327 chars]

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