{"664294":{"#nid":"664294","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How sounds from space are revealing otherwise hidden cosmic phenomena","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt sounds\u0026nbsp;like a firework, a bang followed by a crackle of faint sparkles. Then, a background hum builds. Soon, that is overtaken by what sounds like crashing waves.\u0026nbsp;In between them,\u0026nbsp;random notes beep.\u0026nbsp;This is the sound of a black hole.\u0026nbsp;Specifically, a \u0026ldquo;black hole-star system\u0026rdquo; around 7800 light years from Earth called V404 Cygni.\u0026nbsp;The firework is the sound of the black hole.\u0026nbsp;This isn\u0026rsquo;t what a black hole would sound like in reality. It is a soundscape created by NASA to represent data from telescopes. Using sound this way, known as sonification, isn\u0026rsquo;t new.\u0026nbsp;But in recent years, more and more astronomers are realizing the benefits of \u0026ldquo;listening\u0026rdquo; to the universe.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Our auditory system can often discern patterns and extract meaning, even when our visual system is not able to do so,\u0026rdquo; says \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sonify.psych.gatech.edu\/~walkerb\/\u0022\u003EBruce Walker\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the Schools of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPsychology\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/bruce-walker\u0022\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E who directs the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sonify.psych.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Sonification Lab\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-03 18:26:52","changed_gmt":"2023-01-03 18:26:52","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg25634181-100-how-sounds-from-space-are-revealing-otherwise-hidden-cosmic-phenomena\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-12-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-12-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"1937","name":"Bruce Walker"},{"id":"170772","name":"Sonification"},{"id":"4188","name":"astronomy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}