{"id":530484,"date":"2026-07-03T04:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/530484\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:10:22","slug":"nasa-celebrates-fourth-of-july-with-some-cosmic-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/530484\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA celebrates Fourth of July with some cosmic fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA is ringing in the country\u2019s 250th anniversary with a collection of Fourth of July themed images and videos<\/a> highlighting cosmic wonders far beyond the United States. Researchers recently visualized a set of images across a spectrum of red, white, and blue hues compiled by the Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a> as well as the James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> (JWST). To compliment the sights, NASA<\/a> also produced new sonifications<\/a>\u2014a method to transform astronomical information into often ethereal soundscapes.<\/p>\n

About 11,000 light-years away from Earth, the supernova Cassiopeia A\u2019s X-rays (seen above) are rendered in blue and purple, while infrared wavelengths are shown in red and white using data from JWST. The X-ray overlays capture the destroyed star\u2019s expansive blast wave of elements including calcium, iron, and oxygen. Meanwhile, the infrared components illustrate the explosion\u2019s growing shell filled with cosmic dust.<\/p>\n

\",NCG 3603, which contains a massive cluster of stars on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: NASA\/CXC\/SAO<\/a><\/p>\n

The gigantic star cluster inside the nebula NGC 3603 (about 20,000 light-years away) shines in a second image.<\/p>\n

\",The spiral galaxy is seen face on, with concentric pale violet cloud rings flecked with scores of stars in white, pale blue, soft red, and golden yellow. Credit: NASA\/CXC\/SAO<\/a><\/p>\n

The third showcases the Messier 94 spiral galaxy. The luminous formation about 16 million light-years away visible around the galaxy is called a starburst ring, home to new stars. The new sonification subjects include Messier 94, with various pitched tones mapped to a glass marimba representing objects like neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes.<\/p>\n

For the nebula NGC 3603, piano notes serve as stand ins for objects depending on their brightness.<\/p>\n

To see and hear all of the seasonally appropriate offerings, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA is ringing in the country\u2019s 250th anniversary with a collection of Fourth of July themed images and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[225799,21643,225798,61,60,911,91,11527,82,42144],"class_list":["post-530484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-and-blue","tag-chandra-x-ray-observatory","tag-cosmic-images","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-james-webb-space-telescope","tag-nasa","tag-red","tag-science","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}