Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 11, 2010.
The silent sterility of space mutes even the most destructive astronomical events.
But Gregory Laughlin is translating — “sonifying” — stellar movements into sound, allowing the public to listen in on thousands of years of gravitational interplay between a star and its orbiting planets.
Laughlin, an astronomy professor at UC Santa Cruz, will be featured on KZSC”s “On What Grounds?” today to discuss his work and his upcoming lecture with composer Philip Glass on art and science, and to play some of the sounds he has created. Read More >