The concept of turning data into music has been around for centuries. Ancient philosophers believed that proportions and patterns in the movements of the sun, moon, and planets created a celestial “Musica Universalis.” But that “music of the spheres,” as it’s known, was metaphorical. Now MIT researchers have invented a new platform, called Quantizer, which live-streams music driven by real-time data from research that explores the very beginnings of our universe.