New TRAPPIST-1 Web App Launched

TRAPPIST-1 is the most musical system ever discovered and now you can conduct its planetary symphony by simply pressing buttons and moving sliders in a new interactive web application: http://www.system-sounds.com/trappist-sounds/play/

Hear the original sonification of TRAPPIST-1 and learn about what makes this system so special at http://www.system-sounds.com/trappist-sounds/

This was developed by CITA’s Matt Russo, Jason Leung, and Dan Tamayo and premiered at the University of Toronto Schools’ Aerospace Academy and can now be used in classrooms around the world as an engaging and interactive demonstration of the connections between music and astronomy.