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 score. The passage through the heliopause is a key change from C major to E flat major with an alternation of orchestration and harmony. The data was collected between 1977 and November 2017. In this piece, scientists are able to create music that is both beautiful and haunting.
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 score. The data was collected between 1977 and November 2017. In this piece, scientists are able to create music that is both beautiful and haunting.