Galaxies · 2026

NGC 4736

Messier 94

Distance: 16 million light-years
Telescopes: Chandra, optical

A nearby spiral with a bright inner ring of star formation. Compact X-ray sources — neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes — are mapped to a glass marimba.

What you’re hearing

Pitched glass for compact objects, a low optical drone, soft piano for background galaxies and stars.

Layers

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NASA source

NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

NGC 4736

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