Astro Art of the Week: Music and the Heavens

By Nancy Atkinson - August 25, 2009 at 8:44 AM UTC | Site News
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This week's featured Astro Art was created by Universe Today reader Bhavya Mittal. Bhavya calls it "Music combines the soul and the heavens," and explains the image: "On the bottom left is the most dangerous black hole identified till now. On the top right is the Crab Nebula, and below it, as you can see, is our dear Solar System. This image shows that when you are totally engrossed in music,you really get the feel of the Universe. At least I have felt it!"

I'm feeling it too! Great image, Bhavya. Again, this new feature allows readers to share images they have created via digital editing software and other media. If you've got a space or astronomy-related image you've created and would like to share it, submit it to

Nancy

. And we still haven't found nirvana yet for what to call this new feature -- so if you have any suggestions, post your idea in the comments.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com