Data Sonification News Today

Sonification is a way to understand astronomical data through sounds. These experts say it's also a good way to understand the mechanics of outer space.

Black Hole sound: According to NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center, since 2003, the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster has been associated with sound.

Sonification is the process of taking data and turning it into sound. When it come to the universe we live in, scientists are finding that the sounds are definitely otherwordly and very beautiful.

As expected the sound produced by the black hole is eerie and haunting.

Have you ever wondered what a black hole sounds like? Who would ever think that black holes have sounds? (Photo : ESA/Getty Images) This the European Space Agency photgraph released October 25, 2001 shows a supermassive black hole in the core of galaxy named MCG-6-30-15 as seen through the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) satellite.

He shared a 56-second-long video by India in Pixels -- a popular Twitter handle which explains stories about India but via numbers -- and said that he backed them for using the sound of transacted money to convey the point.

PM Modi praised India in Pixels for using data sonification to covey the sound of money transacted via UPI and Digital Payments. 

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