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Cosmic Queries – The Sound of Space with Kimberly Arcand

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The Big Bang and the Sonifications of the Universe

Will we know the difference between gravitational waves created by the Big Bang and those created by ultra slash supermassive black holes? Kimarkand is working with a young composer who's transcribing, translating the sonifications into stuff that's playable by humans. She says for the Big Bang, every instrument has to be playing simultaneously at its loudest. Matt: I'm still going to put a pitch in for my original slide whistle.

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