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Listen to James Webb Space Telescope’s first images translated into sound

Listen to James Webb Space Telescope’s first images translated into sound

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A team of scientists, musicians and a member of the visually impaired community have collaborated to adapt data from the James Webb Space Telescope and translate its first images into sound. The new soundtracks will allow users to “hear” the cosmic cliffs of the Carina Nebula and contrast the different tones of the two images […]

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Hawaii seeks end to strife over astronomy on sacred mountain

Hawaii seeks end to strife over astronomy on sacred mountain

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For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. That’s now changing with a new state law saying Mauna Kea must be protected for future […]

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