According to NASA, the Crab Nebula is a result of a supernova and was discovered back in 1054 A.D. It is situated in the constellation of Taurus over 6,500 light-years away from Earth
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared a sonification video of the Crab Nebula, that has impressed many on the internet.
Shared on the official Instagram account of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the video shows a particular picture of a nebula transformed into music on the basis of its different colours.
While the blue and white shades in the picture were translated into bass, and the pinks were translated into woodwinds.
For the uninitiated, sonification is the process of mapping certain aspects of data in order to produce sound signals.
Many who came across the video also pointed out the music produced by the sonification process was similar to the background score of the Hollywood film ‘Interstellar’.
The whole universe is a beautiful symphony
— Shraddha (@Shraddh59014266) December 10, 2020
Purple Haze
— Mark James (@MarkJam32511785) December 9, 2020
Fantastic sound 🥰
— Þorríðr (@starahhh) December 9, 2020
Sounds like it’s something Hans Zimmer would compose
— Borcine (@CCCorbinoes) December 9, 2020
To me, this is the voice of God thru math and music.
— iLoreto🛡️ (@_iloreto) December 9, 2020
What a beautiful symphony! Thank you!
— Debbie Bryan (@LovesFiveFarms) December 9, 2020
Sounds ✨a ma z i n g✨ just like a cosmic tune 💕
— (🎄) ✦ ❅❝ 𝕵𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖊 𝕸𝖊𝖑┊ꜱɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴍᴇʟ ❞❅ ✦ (🎄) (@uniPARTYiii_alt) December 9, 2020
Sounds ✨a ma z i n g✨ just like a cosmic tune 💕
— (🎄) ✦ ❅❝ 𝕵𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖊 𝕸𝖊𝖑┊ꜱɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴍᴇʟ ❞❅ ✦ (🎄) (@uniPARTYiii_alt) December 9, 2020
Sounds like the start up of a console lol
— Lücifer (@SomeLucifer) December 9, 2020
Oh, this is WONDERFUL! 🥰
— Niki Morgan 🖖😷🙂👍 (@morgannike49) December 9, 2020
The space agency said it had used data acquired by its Chanda X-ray Observatory, as well as the Spitzer Space Telescope and Hubble, to generate the audio.
According to NASA, the Crab Nebula is a result of a supernova and was discovered back in 1054 A.D. It is situated in the constellation of Taurus, over 6,500 light-years away from Earth
Since being shared, the video has been viewed over 2 lakh times on Twitter.
