13 Billion Years To Tomorrow

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1.	Expanding Faster Than Expected 06:59	buy track
2.	Black Hole Sprays Plasma Clouds 10:31	buy track
3.	Travel Through Wormholes Is Possible 06:28	buy track
4.	A Nearby River Of Stars 12:25	buy track

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13 Billion Years To Tomorrow is an intensive sonic experience inspired by newly acquired knowledge of the universe and the nature of existence. A solo performance with one instrument generating an infinite array of sounds and textures, the performance focuses the attention on the unfathomable scope of reality.
Conceived, Performed, recorded and mixed by Thollem in New Mexico
on a Waldorf Blofeld
May, 2019
Vol 1 of 3 planned for 2019
www.thollem.com/13billionyears

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gladders et al; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt
This picture showcases a gravitational lensing system called SDSS J0928+2031. Astronomers are using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of this type of lensing to research how stars form and evolve in distant galaxies.

Gravitational lensing can help astronomers study objects that would otherwise be too faint or appear too small for us to view. When a large object — such as a massive cluster of galaxies, as seen here — distorts space with its immense gravitational field, it causes light from more distant galaxies to travel along altered and warped paths. It also amplifies the light, making it possible for us to observe and study its source.

We see two dominant elliptical galaxies near the center of the image. The gravity from the galaxy cluster where these galaxies reside is acting as the aforementioned gravitational lens, allowing us to view the more distant galaxies sitting behind them. We see the effects of this lensing as narrow, curved streaks of light surrounding both of the large galaxies.

This image was observed by Hubble as part of the Sloan Giant Arcs Survey program.

Text credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

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released May 6, 2019

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Thollem San Francisco, California

Thollem is a perpetually traveling pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author and teacher. He’s spent most of his life living on the road throughout North America and Europe. His work is ever-changing, evolving and responding to the times and his experiences, both as a soloist and in collaboration with artists across idioms and disciplines along his travels. ... more

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