A unique astronomy-music project has transformed NASA spacecraft data into celestial sound baths in a set of new videos.

On Wednesday (March 24), NASA released three videos made by a collaboration of its Chandra X-Ray Center (CXC) and the science outreach program SYSTEM Sounds.

The videos blend the light data from the Hubble Space Telescope, observations taken by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other spacecraft, and display them with unique and stunning audio and visuals.

Light is composed of electromagnetic waves, which do not need a medium to travel: that's why the light from faraway stars can reach Earth, traveling through the emptiness of space.

the full range of data can be experienced," NASA officials wrote in the press release describing the videos. !

"The rising and falling pitches that can be heard are due to the radar scan passing across the shells and jets in the nebula," wrote NASA officials.

X-ray data from Chandra are depicted using what NASA described as a "harsher" sound. .

The dissonant sounds from the data sonification of galaxy Messier 51 depict observations from Hubble, Chandra, NASA's former infrared space telescope Spitzer and the space agency's former ultraviolet telescope GALEX

The short and bright sounds correspond to the compact spots of light seen occasionally along the galactic arms. 

A constant low hum associated with the bright core can be heard, punctuated by short sounds from compact sources of light within the galaxy," wrote NASA officials in a video description.