Read the full story from NPR and listen to more compositions here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/10/261397236/dying-stars-write-their-own-swan-songs
Stars Compose Music As They Die
Wanda Diaz-Merced is a graduate student who is unable to see and studies astronomy. As she analyzes various aspects of the universe, the data is assigned to its own instrument and creates a composition.