His video provides a great summary of a flight path of the ongoing NASA New Horizons mission, and May’s involvement is no coincidence. Queen guitarist just happens to have a doctorate in astrophysics and he served as science team collaborator during this historic mission.

May said this project energized him in a new way and he just couldn’t pass on the opportunity to write a theme for Ultima Thule, which could be played when New Horizons probe reaches its destination.

“It will be by far the most distant object we have ever seen at close quarters, through the images which the space craft will beam back to earth. To me, it epitomizes the human spirit’s unceasing desire to understand the universe we inhabit,” explained May.

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It’s been 20 years since we last received new solo music from the legendary Brian May, but it looks like we won’t have to wait much longer. On New Year’s Day, the Queen guitarist will release brand new single ‘New Horizons’ and he will drop it from NASA’s Control Centre. The track will be a tribute to the NASA New Horizons mission which will break a record for the most distance spacecraft flyby in the history of man on January 1st. To make the track even more special, it will feature words spoken by the late genius, Stephen Hawking.

“This project has energized me in a new way,” said May. ” For me, it’s been an exciting challenge to bring two sides of my life together – Astronomy and Music.  It was Alan Stern, the Project Instigator of this amazing NASA Mission, who threw down the glove last May. He asked if I could come up with a theme for Ultima Thule which could be played as the NH probe reached this new destination.”

You can start your year off right and listen to ‘New Horizons’ from 12.02am EST on the first day of 2019.

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His video provides a great summary of a flight path of the ongoing NASA New Horizons mission, and May’s involvement is no coincidence. Queen guitarist just happens to have a doctorate in astrophysics and he served as science team collaborator during this historic mission.

May said this project energized him in a new way and he just couldn’t pass on the opportunity to write a theme for Ultima Thule, which could be played when New Horizons probe reaches its destination.

“It will be by far the most distant object we have ever seen at close quarters, through the images which the space craft will beam back to earth. To me, it epitomizes the human spirit’s unceasing desire to understand the universe we inhabit,” explained May.

The post Queen Guitarist Brian May Drops Cosmic Video For “New Horizons” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

It’s been 20 years since we last received new solo music from the legendary Brian May, but it looks like we won’t have to wait much longer. On New Year’s Day, the Queen guitarist will release brand new single ‘New Horizons’ and he will drop it from NASA’s Control Centre. The track will be a tribute to the NASA New Horizons mission which will break a record for the most distance spacecraft flyby in the history of man on January 1st. To make the track even more special, it will feature words spoken by the late genius, Stephen Hawking.

“This project has energized me in a new way,” said May. ” For me, it’s been an exciting challenge to bring two sides of my life together – Astronomy and Music.  It was Alan Stern, the Project Instigator of this amazing NASA Mission, who threw down the glove last May. He asked if I could come up with a theme for Ultima Thule which could be played as the NH probe reached this new destination.”

You can start your year off right and listen to ‘New Horizons’ from 12.02am EST on the first day of 2019.

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