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Sonifying Astronomical Data: Translating the Universe into Harmonies

In a fascinating endeavor, NASA has embarked on a project that transforms astronomical data into melodious compositions. This innovative technique, known as "sonification," takes the vast amount of digital information collected by NASA's space telescopes and converts it into musical notes and sounds. By assigning different...

Ground-based telescopes can study exoplanet atmospheres

The next step to understand exoplanets is to understand their atmospheres better. Astronomers can determine a planet's mass, density and other physical characteristics. But characterizing their atmospheres is more complicated. Astronomers have had some success studying exoplanet atmospheres. Spacecraft like the James Webb Space Telescope...

Webb team brings 18 dots of starlight into hexagonal formation

The James Webb Space Telescope team made another progress in aligning the observatory's mirrors. The team has completed the first stage in this process. It is called "Segment Image Identification." The resulting image shows that the team has moved each of Webb's 18 primary...

Astronomers confirm existence of new Earth Trojan asteroid

University of Alicante and Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona scientists have confirmed the existence of the second Earth Trojan asteroid. It is known as 2020 XL5. The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications. All celestial objects that roam around our solar system feel...

Scientists make a new type of optical device using aluminium oxide

Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and University of Minnesota scientists have made a new type of optical element. It will improve the performance of telescopes studying radiation from the Big Bang. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a relic radiation remnant...

How anyone can explore the universe

Astronomers said they enjoy their work in handling enormous amounts of data to work with images of the sky. They always do not have the "hands-on" experience of looking at every square inch of the universe while they study it. Astronomers have shown us...