Yesterday, the first image from NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope was unveiled. The image depicts only one little speck of the universe and the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured. It’s filled with hundreds of streaks, spirals, and swirls of white, yellow, orange, and red. Today, NASA will be releasing four more deep field images of nebula, tightly clustered galaxies, and a giant gaseous planet outside our solar system. The vast universe has intrigued people for centuries. Thanks to scientists and the study of astronomy, we are understanding it better each day.

Musicians have expressed their fascination with space in the form of songs like Space Oddity, Across the Universe, Man on the Moon, and Black Hole Sun - just to name a few. The possibilities of music are as vast and endless as the universe! For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about space would you like to hear?

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Songs Played:
Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking – A Glorious Dawn
Hum – Stars
Air – Kelly Watch the Stars
Deep Purple – Space Truckin’
Frances Forever – Space Girl
The Church – Under the Milky Way
Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space