Space Audio
@spaceaudio.bsky.social
Sounds from radio and plasma waves in outer space
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Space Audio
@spaceaudio.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Space Audio
The sounds of space derived from
spacecraft measurements obtained by Professor Donald Gurnett and the
University of Iowa radio and plasma wave group
space-audio.org
You can assume that any audio/video posted here is available via a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License as described at the space-audio.org web site, unless it's a repost or stated otherwise.
The 68th anniversary of the first UIowa (and US) instrument in space is approaching. Prof Van Allen always called it Feb 1, since that was the UTC date.
www.aps.org/apsnews/2026...
www.aps.org/apsnews/2026...
January 31, 1958: The U.S. launches its first satellite, sparking discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts
A group of University of Iowa scientists made the extraordinary discovery.
www.aps.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The 68th anniversary of the first UIowa (and US) instrument in space is approaching. Prof Van Allen always called it Feb 1, since that was the UTC date.
www.aps.org/apsnews/2026...
www.aps.org/apsnews/2026...
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📢THE #Senate OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THE #NASA/ #NSF/ #NOAA/ #NIST MINIBUS!! 🥳🤩🎉
@noaa.gov @altnoaa.bsky.social @roguenoaa.altgov.info @roguenasa.altgov.info @aaas.org @aas.org @agu.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @ucs.org
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
@noaa.gov @altnoaa.bsky.social @roguenoaa.altgov.info @roguenasa.altgov.info @aaas.org @aas.org @agu.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @ucs.org
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts
After a tumultuous 2025 that saw it lose around 4,000 employees, NASA finally has an operating budget for 2026, and one that largely preserves its scientific capabilities.
www.engadget.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
📢THE #Senate OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THE #NASA/ #NSF/ #NOAA/ #NIST MINIBUS!! 🥳🤩🎉
@noaa.gov @altnoaa.bsky.social @roguenoaa.altgov.info @roguenasa.altgov.info @aaas.org @aas.org @agu.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @ucs.org
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
@noaa.gov @altnoaa.bsky.social @roguenoaa.altgov.info @roguenasa.altgov.info @aaas.org @aas.org @agu.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @ucs.org
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
About an hour and a half of Voyager 1 launch commentary from Internet Archive: archive.org/details/Voya...
archive.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
About an hour and a half of Voyager 1 launch commentary from Internet Archive: archive.org/details/Voya...
Forty-five years ago, #Voyager 1 flew past Saturn and our PWS instrument recorded these #SpaceAudio signals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oi...
Voyager 1 PWS Saturn Encounter audio 1980 Nov 12-13
YouTube video by Space Audio
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Forty-five years ago, #Voyager 1 flew past Saturn and our PWS instrument recorded these #SpaceAudio signals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oi...
The #ESA documentary "Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster" was released about a week ago. Our instrument, WBD, recorded almost a quarter century of #SpaceAudio samples from each of the four spacecraft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_r...
Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster (Full documentary)
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The #ESA documentary "Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster" was released about a week ago. Our instrument, WBD, recorded almost a quarter century of #SpaceAudio samples from each of the four spacecraft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_r...
And just to break my own record for longest video, here is all of the #Voyager 1 PWS #SpaceAudio for March 7, 1979, as the spacecraft continues to recede from Jupiter. (Over 8 hours 24 minutes!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIgT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIgT...
Voyager 1 PWS Jupiter Encounter, March 7, 1979
YouTube video by Space Audio
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And just to break my own record for longest video, here is all of the #Voyager 1 PWS #SpaceAudio for March 7, 1979, as the spacecraft continues to recede from Jupiter. (Over 8 hours 24 minutes!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIgT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIgT...
I was working with these data recently, and realized I've never done a #SpaceAudio release. Here is all of the #Voyager 1 PWS waveform data collected on March 6, 1979, as the spacecraft was leaving Jupiter. (Over 6 hours 43 minutes!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwoF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwoF...
Voyager 1 PWS Jupiter Encounter March 6, 1979
YouTube video by Space Audio
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I was working with these data recently, and realized I've never done a #SpaceAudio release. Here is all of the #Voyager 1 PWS waveform data collected on March 6, 1979, as the spacecraft was leaving Jupiter. (Over 6 hours 43 minutes!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwoF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwoF...
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Release News. I am delighted to announce the launch of a new album, "Moontopia" by our art-science collaboration @soundsofspacep.bsky.social. The album features music and artwork inspired by moons in our solar system. 🚀🌕🎼🎵🎹🔭
@ukri.org @bas.ac.uk @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @darktrain.bsky.social.
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@ukri.org @bas.ac.uk @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @darktrain.bsky.social.
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5..4..3..2..1..blast off! Our new album, “Moontopia” is launched today, inspired by and including sonified recordings in the vicinity of moons in our solar system. Join us on a journey from Earth to moons of Jupiter and Saturn and back again! 🚀🌕🎼🎵🎹🔭@bas.ac.uk
#space #sciart #soundscapes #outreach
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#space #sciart #soundscapes #outreach
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Moontopia, by Sounds of Space Project
11 track album
soundsofspaceproject.bandcamp.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Release News. I am delighted to announce the launch of a new album, "Moontopia" by our art-science collaboration @soundsofspacep.bsky.social. The album features music and artwork inspired by moons in our solar system. 🚀🌕🎼🎵🎹🔭
@ukri.org @bas.ac.uk @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @darktrain.bsky.social.
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@ukri.org @bas.ac.uk @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @darktrain.bsky.social.
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We now have a short music video for our recently released album. Enjoy! 🔭
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Our wonderful multimedia artist, @dianascarborough.bsky.social, has just produced a short video for our recently launched album "Moontopia".
Join us on an amazing journey from Earth to selected moons of Jupiter and Saturn and back again. Enjoy !
@darktrain.bsky.social
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Join us on an amazing journey from Earth to selected moons of Jupiter and Saturn and back again. Enjoy !
@darktrain.bsky.social
🌔🌓🌕🌗🌖🌑🎼🎵🎹
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July 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We now have a short music video for our recently released album. Enjoy! 🔭
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This is from our instrument on Juno (now threatened by premature termination): www.newscientist.com/article/2487...
Astronomers found a completely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter
Observations from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field and the unique properties of its plasma can produce a truly novel kind of extraterrestrial wave near its poles
www.newscientist.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is from our instrument on Juno (now threatened by premature termination): www.newscientist.com/article/2487...
This is an introduction to plasma waves (#SpaceAudio) presented at a level appropriate for college physics majors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR6...
MOP Meeting 2021 - An overview of radio and plasma waves in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn
YouTube video by Université de Liège
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is an introduction to plasma waves (#SpaceAudio) presented at a level appropriate for college physics majors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR6...
This is one of the most approachable introductions to plasma waves (#SpaceAudio):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNfu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNfu...
What Space Sounds Like - ACOUSTICS
YouTube video by The Point Studios
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is one of the most approachable introductions to plasma waves (#SpaceAudio):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNfu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNfu...
The Origins of Space Radio and Plasma Wave Research at the University of Iowa by Donald A Gurnett.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#SpaceAudio #SpacePhysics #NASA #Spacecraft #Research
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#SpaceAudio #SpacePhysics #NASA #Spacecraft #Research
The Origins of Space Radio and Plasma Wave Research at the University of Iowa
An overview is presented of the origins of space radio and plasma wave research at the University of Iowa
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Origins of Space Radio and Plasma Wave Research at the University of Iowa by Donald A Gurnett.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#SpaceAudio #SpacePhysics #NASA #Spacecraft #Research
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#SpaceAudio #SpacePhysics #NASA #Spacecraft #Research
The Sound of Meteors - Sixty Symbols
YouTube video by Sixty Symbols
www.youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
As Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter, our PWS instrument gathered these four hours twenty-seven minutes of #SpaceAudio on this date forty-six years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUnB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUnB...
Voyager 1 PWS Jupiter Encounter audio 1979-03-05
YouTube video by Space Audio
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
As Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter, our PWS instrument gathered these four hours twenty-seven minutes of #SpaceAudio on this date forty-six years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUnB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUnB...
Internal vibrations (sped up) from ESA BepiColombo's recent Mercury flyby:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6i...
The sounds of BepiColombo’s sixth flight past Mercury
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Internal vibrations (sped up) from ESA BepiColombo's recent Mercury flyby:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6i...
Chorus waves are more far-out than previously appreciated! #SpaceAudio
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
Earth Sings with Mysterious Chorus Waves—And Deep Space Does, Too
Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could pose problems for long-distance space travel
www.scientificamerican.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Chorus waves are more far-out than previously appreciated! #SpaceAudio
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
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Exciting new album by dReamSoaKeR released today, featuring ambient music inspired by and including the "sounds" of space recorded by the @bas.ac.uk VLF Receiver at the Halley VI Research Station. 🇦🇶📡🎼🎵😎
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juanrleon.bandcamp.com/album/earth-...
#Antarctica #SciArt #Soundscapes #Space #SpaceMusic
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juanrleon.bandcamp.com/album/earth-...
#Antarctica #SciArt #Soundscapes #Space #SpaceMusic
December 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Exciting new album by dReamSoaKeR released today, featuring ambient music inspired by and including the "sounds" of space recorded by the @bas.ac.uk VLF Receiver at the Halley VI Research Station. 🇦🇶📡🎼🎵😎
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juanrleon.bandcamp.com/album/earth-...
#Antarctica #SciArt #Soundscapes #Space #SpaceMusic
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juanrleon.bandcamp.com/album/earth-...
#Antarctica #SciArt #Soundscapes #Space #SpaceMusic
Although our plasma wave data really are waves in the audible frequency range, other non-wave data may be "sonified" where different aspects of the data are mapped to aspects of audio. #SpaceAudio #SpacePhysics plus.nasa.gov/video/listen...
Listen to the Universe - NASA+
NASA is famous for beautiful space images, but did you know you can listen to them? Go behind the scenes with the team that creates “sonifications,”
plus.nasa.gov
December 13, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Although our plasma wave data really are waves in the audible frequency range, other non-wave data may be "sonified" where different aspects of the data are mapped to aspects of audio. #SpaceAudio #SpacePhysics plus.nasa.gov/video/listen...
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Happy #AntarcticaDay ! Listen to music inspired by and including the 'sounds' of space during a solar storm, recorded by the @bas.ac.uk VLF receiver at the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica. 🇦🇶🧊☀️🎼🎵🎹
In Aurora's Garden, by Sounds of Space Project
15 track album
soundsofspaceproject.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Happy #AntarcticaDay ! Listen to music inspired by and including the 'sounds' of space during a solar storm, recorded by the @bas.ac.uk VLF receiver at the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica. 🇦🇶🧊☀️🎼🎵🎹
#OTD 10 years ago, November 28, 2014, Van Allen Probes A EMFISIS instrument recorded this #SpaceAudio between 13:00 and 14:00 UT. The premier is here on BlueSky, but since this video is over the 60-second limit, it's linked from YouTube. youtu.be/z_xOQM1urCA
Van Allen Probes A 2014-11-28 13:00-14:00
YouTube video by Space Audio
youtu.be
November 29, 2024 at 6:01 AM
#OTD 10 years ago, November 28, 2014, Van Allen Probes A EMFISIS instrument recorded this #SpaceAudio between 13:00 and 14:00 UT. The premier is here on BlueSky, but since this video is over the 60-second limit, it's linked from YouTube. youtu.be/z_xOQM1urCA
You can assume that any audio/video posted here is available via a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License as described at the space-audio.org web site, unless it's a repost or stated otherwise.
Space Audio
The sounds of space derived from
spacecraft measurements obtained by Professor Donald Gurnett and the
University of Iowa radio and plasma wave group
space-audio.org
November 26, 2024 at 11:37 PM
You can assume that any audio/video posted here is available via a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License as described at the space-audio.org web site, unless it's a repost or stated otherwise.