Researchers turn 3 years’ worth of solar flares into audible noise (video)
If you're more of an acoustic student than a visual one, this timelapse video is for you. (And, well, visual students will most likely like it, too!)The European Space Agency (ESA) has actually launched an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last 3 years, pulling information from its Solar Orbiter probe, which it keeps up NASA.In the video, we see blue circles turning up throughout the surface area of the sun-- and audible tones coupled with each of these circles. As time advances towards today day, the frequency of the blue circles and their sonifications boosts.A screenshot of ESA's brand-new animation and sonification of solar activity, which is based upon information from the Solar Orbiter objective. (Image credit: ESA & & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI & & STIX, Klaus Niels...