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Vibrating Universe Resources SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE Workshop - Resource List UC Riverside and California School for the Deaf, Riverside Reviewed on October 2018 SOUND VIDEO Public Public ID Description Source Modified sound available in astro.ucr.edu Recommended video domain domain 0 Music Blitz - I Love You Man No No https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://www.youtube.com/watch? 1 Thunderstorms No Yes Yes v=KgIKVWGLUUo&t=668s v=KgIKVWGLUUo&t=668s https://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/spcs/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 2 Auroras Yes Yes sounds/auroral_star_wars.wav 2018/10/02_earth_auroras_esa_modified.wav v=s6zR2T9vn2c https://www.youtube.com/watch? 3 Rocket Launch 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_shHu4lAs No Yes Yes v=Lq_shHu4lAs http://www.nasa.gov/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 4 Rocket travel to Sun No Yes Yes mp3/590189main_ringtone_131_launchNats.mp3 v=1AAU_btBN7s https://www.freesfx.co.uk/rx2/mp3s/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 5 Boiling Water Yes Yes 8/9727_1358715531.mp3 2018/10/05_boilingwater_freesfx.mp3 v=TzQTWa2Viyc http://www.asteroseismology.org/sounds/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 6 Vibrations of the Sun No Yes Yes sun.wav v=GSVv40M2aks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S- https://www.youtube.com/watch? 7 Solar prominences No Yes Yes saaAyaW0c v=GSVv40M2aks https://www.youtube.com/watch? http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 8 Jupiter bowshock Yes Yes v=8CT_txWEo5I 2018/10/08_jupiter_bowshock_jpl.mp3 v=3afEX8a2jPg https://www.nasa.gov/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 9 Saturn’s Emissions Yes Yes mp3/584795main_saturn_radio_waves.mp3 2018/10/09_saturn_radio_emission_cassini_nasa.mp3 v=xrGAQCq9BMU https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/PIA06410- https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/ 10 Crossing Saturn’s Rings No Yes Yes Sounds-movie.mov astro_bj/ http://www.nasa.gov/ https://www.eso.org/public/videos/ 11 Rocket travel to Alpha Centauri No Yes Yes mp3/590189main_ringtone_131_launchNats.mp3 fromearthtoalphacentauri/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.eso.org/public/videos/ 12 Vibration of Alpha Centauri A http://asteroseismology.org/sounds/aCenA.wav Yes Yes 2018/10/12_alpha_centauri_a_asteroseismology.mp3 fromearthtoalphacentauri/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.eso.org/public/videos/ 13 Vibration of Alpha Centauri B http://asteroseismology.org/sounds/aCenB.wav Yes Yes 2018/10/13_alpha_centauri_b_asteroseismology.mp3 fromearthtoalphacentauri/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/ 14 Vibration of White Dwarf GD358 http://asteroseismology.org/sounds/gd358.wav 2018/10/14_white_dwarf_gd358_asteroseismology.m Yes Yes heic1323j/ p3 http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ http://asteroseismology.org/sounds/ https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/ 15 Vibration of White Dwarf BPM 37093 2018/10/15_white_dwarph_bpm37093_asteroseismol Yes Yes bpm37093.wav heic1323j/ ogy.mp3 http://www.nasa.gov/ https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/ 16 Traveling to a different galaxy No Yes Yes mp3/590189main_ringtone_131_launchNats.mp3 heic1105b/ http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/pfrancis/Music/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/ 17 Supernova Yes Yes library/Vela.mp3 2018/10/17_vela_supernova_paul_francis.mp3 hubblecast64b/ http://faculty.washington.edu/jcramer/BigBang/ http://astro.ucr.edu/wp-content/uploads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? 18 Cosmic Microwave Background Yes Yes Planck_2013/BBSnd50.wav 2018/10/18_cmb_john_cramer.mp3 v=cnE4oYcCw8g !1.
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