Watch: history of exoplanet observations as generative music

NASA set the 5000 exoplanets so-far observed to music—music defined by the date of each discovery.

On March 21, 2022, the number of known exoplanets passed 5,000 according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. This 360-degree animation and sonification tracks humanity's discovery of the planets beyond our solar system over time.