SpaceRadio

right now
…earthquakes in the last 24 hours.
…km/s is how fast the solar wind is reaching Earth.
…is where the Space Station is passing over, 400 km up.
0turns made by a pulsar 3,400 light-years away since you opened this page.

SpaceRadio picks up the Earth's vibrations and plays them back as sound. It makes music out of vibration, in real time.

It works like a record player. The Earth spins under a needle, and every tremor that passes beneath it becomes a note. The Sun, the pulsar and the Space Station set the mood around it.

what makes each sound
earthquakesmarimba with echo. Depth sets the pitch. Small ones are drops; big ones, a bell.
pulsarPSR B0329+54 turns every 0.714 s. Each turn is a beat: 84 per minute.
solar windsounds like wind. The faster it arrives, the brighter everything gets.
magnetic stormat Kp 5 or more, the harmony turns darker.
space stationa theremin that rises and falls with its latitude.
nightfewer notes play on the dark side of the planet.
youshare your location and nearby tremors play louder.
best with headphones
live
earthquakes 24 h—
under the needle—
chord—
beat84 bpm · pulsar
solar wind—
Kp—
ISS—
<1.5 1.5–2.5 2.5–4 4–5.5 5.5+ last hour