Sound is one of the most important and misunderstood elements in filmmaking, and sound for sci-fi films adds another degree of difficulty. “Dune,” directed by Denis Villeneuve, boasts two supervising ...

The early universe rang with the sound of countless cosmic bells, which filled the primordial darkness with ripples like the surface of a pond pounded by stones. The wave fronts later served as ...

In the beginning, all of space rang like a bell. It was the immediate aftermath of the big bang, and the universe was filled with a torrid plasma—an energetic soup of particles and radiation. Although ...

The universe, with its countless stars and galaxies and nebulae, can be visually stunning, especially when we use high-powered telescopes to peer beyond the range of human vision. But what if we could ...

It has always been a major challenge for cinema to create a credible sound environment in worlds far removed from our own. Indeed, the notion of sound effects takes on greater importance in a fantasy ...

The Universe of Sound data sonification project started out as a way to translate data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other NASA telescopes into sound, particularly for our community ...