The Sounds of Space is a sonic journey through the cosmos, built from real space data and artistic interpretation. From planetary magnetic fields to the echoes of distant stars, we explore how sound ...

Sound, when emitted by a source — whether a person or a piece of equipment — propagates in all directions through space, being reflected, absorbed, transmitted, or diffracted as it encounters surfaces ...

At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

What if you could listen to music or a podcast without headphones or earbuds and without disturbing anyone around you? Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? Our ...

What if you could listen to music or a podcast without headphones or earbuds and without disturbing anyone around you? Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? Newly ...

With the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building, the Institute’s multidisciplinary approach to music deepens. On a typical afternoon, MIT’s new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building hums with life.