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Hum of the Sun

NASA's Curious Universe

CHAPTER

Sonification: Translating Sun Data into Music

This chapter explores how sonification helps translate the enthusiasm of scientists into a more universal language by converting data from the sun into music. It discusses the discovery of a pattern, a hum, in the audio chaos of the sun and how it correlates with solar activity and the solar cycle. The chapter also highlights the involvement in the NASA Citizen Science Project, HARP, and the exploration of a magnetic harp in outer space.

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