Scientists from Anglia Ruskin University , GEANT , the pan - European data network provider , and Exeter University have premiered a three - minute composition , based on data collected by the Voyager 1 spacecraft , at the SC17 Supercomputing Conference in Denver , Colorado . Using a process called data sonification , the team turned data deriving from sub - atomic particles in space into a musical composition . The data was collected between 1977 and November 2017 . Source: Dr Anthony Vicinanza of Anglia Ruskin University said he hoped the piece would enable people to " hear aspects of Voyager 1 's journey that are perhaps not so obvious when looking at graphs of data " .
Scientists from Anglia Ruskin University , GEANT , the pan - European data network provider , and Exeter University have premiered a three - minute composition , based on data collected by the Voyager 1 spacecraft , at the SC17 Supercomputing Conference in Denver , Colorado . Using a process called data sonification , the team turned data deriving from sub - atomic particles in space into a musical composition . The data was collected between 1977 and November 2017 . Dr Anthony Vicinanza of Anglia Ruskin University said he hoped the piece would enable people to " hear aspects of Voyager 1 's journey that are perhaps not so obvious when looking at graphs of data " .