James Trayford
@trayford.bsky.social
Audible Astrophysics :: Galaxy Formation & Evolution - Research Fellow at the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth UK
- audiouniverse.org
- github.com/james-trayford/strauss
- https://james-trayford.github.io/
- audiouniverse.org
- github.com/james-trayford/strauss
- https://james-trayford.github.io/
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James Trayford
@trayford.bsky.social
· Dec 13
The sound of silence: how sound brings space to life
The vacuum of space is famously silent, but what if you were able to use sound to help you visualise the Universe? What would a black hole…
medium.com
Check out this article from STFC about our sonification of astronomical data, and beyond! including a new sonification at the end - perceive multi-scale information about galaxy formation in our cosmological simulations... 🧪🔭⚡🐡. medium.com/big-science-...
The sophisticated COLIBRE simulations finally land on the arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2508.21126. Treating these with sonification, we can get new intuition for galaxy evolution to augment our visuals. Sound on for the explainer vid, visit the site for more! colibre.strw.leidenuniv.nl/videos.html 🔭🧪
September 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The sophisticated COLIBRE simulations finally land on the arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2508.21126. Treating these with sonification, we can get new intuition for galaxy evolution to augment our visuals. Sound on for the explainer vid, visit the site for more! colibre.strw.leidenuniv.nl/videos.html 🔭🧪
🚨 you can also find more strauss examples here! www.audiouniverse.org/research/str... 🎶🎧🧪🔭🐡🚀 @stsci.edu #EduSky #musiciansky #philsci
Just published in JOSS: 'strauss: Sonification Tools & Resources for Analysis Using Sound Synthesis' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07875
May 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨 you can also find more strauss examples here! www.audiouniverse.org/research/str... 🎶🎧🧪🔭🐡🚀 @stsci.edu #EduSky #musiciansky #philsci
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Next paper I want to highlight: the paper for STRAUSS by @trayford.bsky.social et al. came out! ☄️ #astrocode
STRAUSS is a tool for sonifying scientific data, meaning you can enhance the presentation & accessibility of your data.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2504.01660
Here's a great example:
STRAUSS is a tool for sonifying scientific data, meaning you can enhance the presentation & accessibility of your data.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2504.01660
Here's a great example:
Hearing black hole winds
YouTube video by Audio Universe
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April 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Next paper I want to highlight: the paper for STRAUSS by @trayford.bsky.social et al. came out! ☄️ #astrocode
STRAUSS is a tool for sonifying scientific data, meaning you can enhance the presentation & accessibility of your data.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2504.01660
Here's a great example:
STRAUSS is a tool for sonifying scientific data, meaning you can enhance the presentation & accessibility of your data.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2504.01660
Here's a great example:
In 2021, we released a unique planetarium show for blind or low vision kids, using sounds and music convey space. Music of course is very cultural... now we've collaborated with Trinidadian scientists and musicians for a Caribbean version, watch below (1/n)! 🧪🔭⚡☀️🐡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkA...
Caribbean Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System
YouTube video by Audio Universe
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In 2021, we released a unique planetarium show for blind or low vision kids, using sounds and music convey space. Music of course is very cultural... now we've collaborated with Trinidadian scientists and musicians for a Caribbean version, watch below (1/n)! 🧪🔭⚡☀️🐡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkA...
Reposted by James Trayford
It's a very happy first-author paper day for me! In this thread I'll explain some of the exciting results from my paper
nicknamed 'Cloudy-Maraston' with the aid of doodles inspired by the amazing work of @clairelamman.bsky.social !
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03133
nicknamed 'Cloudy-Maraston' with the aid of doodles inspired by the amazing work of @clairelamman.bsky.social !
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03133
January 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's a very happy first-author paper day for me! In this thread I'll explain some of the exciting results from my paper
nicknamed 'Cloudy-Maraston' with the aid of doodles inspired by the amazing work of @clairelamman.bsky.social !
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03133
nicknamed 'Cloudy-Maraston' with the aid of doodles inspired by the amazing work of @clairelamman.bsky.social !
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03133
Reposted by James Trayford
Last week of work and everyone seemed to get their toys out! A mini Mars rover and a work in progress from @trayford.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Last week of work and everyone seemed to get their toys out! A mini Mars rover and a work in progress from @trayford.bsky.social
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From the depths of the ocean to the most distant galaxies, we’re all connected! In celebration of both organizations receiving Clarke Foundation awards, the @montereyaq.bsky.social has partnered with STScI to bring you images from outer space and Earth’s life-giving ocean.
December 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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Noticed different sentiment between arts, STEM, education etc surrounding machine learning & AI. How about a bit of word association? interested in adjectives for any/all of:
- AI: ___
- Generative AI: ___
- LLMs: ___
- ChatGPT: ___
- Machine Learning: ___
🧪🔭⚛️🐡🐙 #art #artsci #musicianfeed #EduSky
- AI: ___
- Generative AI: ___
- LLMs: ___
- ChatGPT: ___
- Machine Learning: ___
🧪🔭⚛️🐡🐙 #art #artsci #musicianfeed #EduSky
December 16, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Noticed different sentiment between arts, STEM, education etc surrounding machine learning & AI. How about a bit of word association? interested in adjectives for any/all of:
- AI: ___
- Generative AI: ___
- LLMs: ___
- ChatGPT: ___
- Machine Learning: ___
🧪🔭⚛️🐡🐙 #art #artsci #musicianfeed #EduSky
- AI: ___
- Generative AI: ___
- LLMs: ___
- ChatGPT: ___
- Machine Learning: ___
🧪🔭⚛️🐡🐙 #art #artsci #musicianfeed #EduSky
Just realised Peterborough united have scored and conceded the most goals in league 1 this season excepting leaders Wycombe and last-place Shrewsbury, respectively. Just about sums it up - still good win this weekend #pufc
December 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Just realised Peterborough united have scored and conceded the most goals in league 1 this season excepting leaders Wycombe and last-place Shrewsbury, respectively. Just about sums it up - still good win this weekend #pufc
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reading up AOTY lists and stopping at 10 to leave a schrodingers chance that I’m in there. admittedly with a very short half-life
December 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM
reading up AOTY lists and stopping at 10 to leave a schrodingers chance that I’m in there. admittedly with a very short half-life
Check out this article from STFC about our sonification of astronomical data, and beyond! including a new sonification at the end - perceive multi-scale information about galaxy formation in our cosmological simulations... 🧪🔭⚡🐡. medium.com/big-science-...
The sound of silence: how sound brings space to life
The vacuum of space is famously silent, but what if you were able to use sound to help you visualise the Universe? What would a black hole…
medium.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Check out this article from STFC about our sonification of astronomical data, and beyond! including a new sonification at the end - perceive multi-scale information about galaxy formation in our cosmological simulations... 🧪🔭⚡🐡. medium.com/big-science-...
Maybe comes under #SciArt 🐡 too
Progress! Star lives with sonification 🌟🔉. Models colour evolution from 0.3-150 sun masses. A higher note indicates higher main sequence temperature, shifting with post-MS temperature pre-death. They go 'bang' if they then go supernova or 'whoosh' if they blow out to leave a white dwarf. 🌌🔭🧪💽🐡...
December 3, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Maybe comes under #SciArt 🐡 too
Progress! Star lives with sonification 🌟🔉. Models colour evolution from 0.3-150 sun masses. A higher note indicates higher main sequence temperature, shifting with post-MS temperature pre-death. They go 'bang' if they then go supernova or 'whoosh' if they blow out to leave a white dwarf. 🌌🔭🧪💽🐡...
December 3, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Progress! Star lives with sonification 🌟🔉. Models colour evolution from 0.3-150 sun masses. A higher note indicates higher main sequence temperature, shifting with post-MS temperature pre-death. They go 'bang' if they then go supernova or 'whoosh' if they blow out to leave a white dwarf. 🌌🔭🧪💽🐡...
Can't stop thinking about the zebra shark at Baltimore aquarium 🦈🦑
November 28, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Can't stop thinking about the zebra shark at Baltimore aquarium 🦈🦑
Sonifying satellite trails with STRAUSS... here's the harmonious version 🌌🔭🎧...
November 27, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Sonifying satellite trails with STRAUSS... here's the harmonious version 🌌🔭🎧...
Stellar songwriting on the new trust fund album - shades of nick drake & judee sill - the string arrangements are gorgeous trustfund.bandcamp.com/album/has-it...
Has It Been A While?, by trust fund
12 track album
trustfund.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Stellar songwriting on the new trust fund album - shades of nick drake & judee sill - the string arrangements are gorgeous trustfund.bandcamp.com/album/has-it...
Cycling through mpl colour maps for a multimodal astro-outreach prototype. Any preferences? 🌌🔭💡🧪
November 24, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Cycling through mpl colour maps for a multimodal astro-outreach prototype. Any preferences? 🌌🔭💡🧪
Some tasty SDSS-like images of virtual galaxies from upcoming simulation test runs... many (many) more cooking up as we speak 👨🍳💻🔭🧪
November 23, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Some tasty SDSS-like images of virtual galaxies from upcoming simulation test runs... many (many) more cooking up as we speak 👨🍳💻🔭🧪
Follow the (growing) Starter Pack for the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation (ICG) - Find out about our investigations into Gravity, Galaxies, Sonification & more at the University of Portsmouth, UK 🌌🔭 go.bsky.app/SScAL4f
Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation - Portsmouth
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November 22, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Follow the (growing) Starter Pack for the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation (ICG) - Find out about our investigations into Gravity, Galaxies, Sonification & more at the University of Portsmouth, UK 🌌🔭 go.bsky.app/SScAL4f