# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbL6n0ggXDZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68475707-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e8fcc2364a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T18:46:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Sound on!

Sonifications take images from across the universe and turn them into music, with different notes corresponding to different frequencies of light.

This sonification of NGC 4736, a bright spiral galaxy found 16 million light-years from Earth, sweeps clockwise around the image. As it reaches neutron stars and black holes (spotted by our nasachandraxray telescope), it turns them into pitched tones on a glass marimba. Other sources of light are represented by piano notes or a low, ethereal drone.

#NASA #Space #MusicLife

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