If the creation of the universe was translated into music, what would it sound like?

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Manoush Zomorodi
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TED Radio Hour | Sep 18

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Big mysteries explained through your senses

What did the early universe sound like? Astronomer Mark Whittle partnered with musicians to translate the sounds of the expanding universe into music audible to human ears.

About Mark Whittle

Mark Whittle is a cosmologist and a professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia, where he studies active galaxies and the primordial sounds of the universe. He collaborates with sound artists and musicians to translate those sounds into music and audio that the human ear can perceive.

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