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Hello! I found my way here, but not completely sure how things are expected to work. However, seemed like a good place to share some of our resources from Audio Universe (www.audiouniverse.org). Our focus is on data sonification for research and communications. We do a lot of work with the sight loss community (children and adults).

  1. Planetarium Shows which are co-designed with members of the sight-loss community (one is also available on YouTube as flatscreen and in multiple languages, a brand new one was just released about Black Holes): https://www.audiouniverse.org/education-and-communication/educational-shows
  2. Multi-sensory workshops (made in collaboration with Tactile Universe): https://www.audiouniverse.org/education-and-communication/accessible-workshops
  3. Brand new for September 2026, is our "Sonification Suite" App. This makes it very easy for you to generate sonifications of astronomical phenomena (e.g., the night sky at any time/location, stellar light curves, constellations, or basically any tabulated datasets)...You can get started with the click of a few buttons. You can use our curated sound design options (much more interesting than simply pitch mapping), which have been tested with extensive research. Or you can create a custom sound design:
    https://www.audiouniverse.org/sonification-suite
  4. A heap of documentation covering ideas, examples and good practise guidelines for using sonification for astronomy communication with a range of different audiences.