Brian May is celebrating another breakthrough in humanity's exploration of the universe with new music, teaming up with 10cc co-founder Graham Gouldman on a new song inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope.
"There is nothing more exciting in a world of exploration than going to a place about which you know nothing," the Queen guitarist said through a press release. "The sky's the limit for what we could find out."
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. The device was put into orbit last December after a decade of planning. On Monday, NASA unveiled the first images from the Webb telescope, believed to be humanity's deepest look into space yet.
May and Gouldman's new song, "Floating in Heaven," is a celebration of the Webb telescope's mission and what it is revealing to us about our universe.
May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics from London's Imperial College, plays guitar on the track, which was written and sung by Gouldman. You can hear it via the player at the top of this page.
In January of 2019, May celebrated the launch of NASA's New Horizon's probe by releasing a song of the same name. The May-penned track "39" from Queen's 1975 A Night at the Opera also references the guitarist's fascination with space.
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