The Simons Observatory at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2026

Talking to visitors at the Simons Observatory stand
Image credit: Debbie Rowe / The Royal Society

Let me show you around our stand!

Resources: Cosmic sounds

A part of our exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2026 featured sonifications of the Cosmic Microwave Background (“How does the oldest light in the Universe sound like?”). This was based on the work done by Mark Whittle (University of Virginia), who developed and shared incredible resources here. Scroll to the bottom to watch a video of our full stand!

Visualization of the cosmic microwave background
Credit: Mark Whittle

Observed: C(l)

Broad harmonics: P(k)

Narrow harmonics: P(k)