Space Audio

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.

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...

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.

📢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...

Since I became enamored with astronomy in highschool, people would always ask me what my favorite planet was. They never seemed to expect the answer: Earth.

About an hour and a half of Voyager 1 launch commentary from Internet Archive: archive.org/details/Voya...

YouTube video by Space Audio Voyager 1 PWS Saturn Encounter audio 1980 Nov 12-13

Forty-five years ago, #Voyager 1 flew past Saturn and our PWS instrument recorded these #SpaceAudio signals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oi...

YouTube video by Space Audio Earth auroral kilometric radiation recorded in stereo by Cluster 3 and 4

Here's a sample of Auroral Kilometric Radiation shifted down into the audible frequency range: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWzR...

YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster (Full documentary)

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...

A frequency-time spectrogram showing all of the Voyager 1 PWS waveform data taken on March 7, 1979, Jupiter encounter.

Here's a better plot of the whole day:

Voyager 1 PWS frequency-time spectrogram showing all of the waveform available for March 6, 1979, Jupiter encounter.

Here's a better plot of the whole day:

I forgot that the March 1 video was almost 12 hours. (Also, there are still some full days that haven't been covered. Future work!)

YouTube video by Space Audio Voyager 1 PWS Jupiter Encounter, March 7, 1979

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...

YouTube video by Space Audio Voyager 1 PWS Jupiter Encounter March 6, 1979

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...

Are we here merely to breed and consume? What value is the human race if we don't reach out to understand?

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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We now have a short music video for our recently released album. Enjoy! 🔭
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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

This is from our instrument on Juno (now threatened by premature termination): www.newscientist.com/article/2487...

YouTube video by The University of Iowa Center for Advancement Inside the TRACERS Space Mission | University of Iowa & NASA Collaboration

An introduction to our soon-to-be-launched #TRACERS mission:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Eu...

YouTube video by Space Audio Van Allen Probes B: May the 4th be with you (2025)

Some #SpaceAudio for your #StarWarsDay
May the 4th be with you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5s1...

YouTube video by Université de Liège MOP Meeting 2021 - An overview of radio and plasma waves in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn

This is an introduction to plasma waves (#SpaceAudio) presented at a level appropriate for college physics majors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaR6...

YouTube video by The Point Studios What Space Sounds Like - ACOUSTICS

This is one of the most approachable introductions to plasma waves (#SpaceAudio):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNfu...

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

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

Audio from Plasma and Radio Waves in Space The sounds of space derived from spacecraft measurements obtained by the University of Iowa radio and plasma wave group

The original #SpaceAudio web page . . .
space-audio.org

YouTube video by Sixty Symbols The Sound of Meteors - Sixty Symbols

Could the ionization trail of a meteor generate a signal?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hCR...
#SpaceAudio

YouTube video by Space Audio Voyager 1 PWS Jupiter Encounter audio 1979-03-05

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...

Looking for a source of sound effects? I know a guy . . .
space-audio.org

YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA The sounds of BepiColombo’s sixth flight past Mercury

Internal vibrations (sped up) from ESA BepiColombo's recent Mercury flyby:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6i...

Space Audio These are the original sounds of space from plasma wave measurements, featuring audio synched with animated spectrograms. This currently is a volunteer effort by one member of the radio and plasma wa...

For those interested in an audio tour of chorus waves, including at other planets, see: www.youtube.com/@Space-Audio...

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

Chorus waves are more far-out than previously appreciated! #SpaceAudio
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...

Space Audio These are the original sounds of space from plasma wave measurements, featuring audio synched with animated spectrograms. This currently is a volunteer effort by one member of the radio and plasma wa...

For an audio tour, including chorus from other planets: www.youtube.com/@Space-Audio...