Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and philosopher, is credited with saying, “There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.” This idea of the “Music of the Spheres” has endured over the centuries, ultimately informing how Kepler visualized the movements of the planets, which led him to formulate his laws of planetary motion. The notion that the stars, planets and galaxies resonate with a mystical symphony is a rather appealing one.
If you are curious about how this music would sound, here is the
Wheel of Stars, an application created by
Jim Bumgardner that takes the positions of stars in the sky, maps them, and then has it make an ethereal musical tone whenever a star crosses the meridian.
An incredible hypnotic sound ambient.
© Jim Bumgardner
