Fans Launch Petition To Name Black Hole After Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell‘s fans have launched a petition asking NASA to honor the late singer-songwriter by naming a recently photographed supermassive black hole after him.

The lead singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, Cornell died two years ago.

“Black Hole Sun”, written by Chris Cornell, is Soundgarden’s most recognizable and popular song, and one of the biggest anthems of the 90’s.

“For this reason, and the impact Chris Cornell had in the lives of so many and music itself, I ask NASA, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration and all the astronomers and scientists involved in this discovery, to name this black hole after Chris Cornell,” wrote petition organizer Guiliana Jarrin.

This would be a “surreal” and amazing way to honor his life and his contribution to music, the petition says.

In a historic first, astronomers captured an image of a black hole located at the heart of a distant galaxy earlier this week.

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