Petition Launched To Name The Black Hole In Honor Of CHRIS CORNELL

Chris Cornell

A petition has recently been launched on Change.org to name the first-ever photographed black hole in honor of late SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell.

“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,” petition creator Giuliana Jarrin writes in the petition description. “This would be a ‘surreal’ and amazing way to honor his life and his contribution to music.”

Cornell was known for his role as one of the architects of the 1990s grunge movement, for his extensive catalog as a songwriter and for his near four octave vocal range as well as his powerful vocal belting technique. He released four solo studio albums, Euphoria Morning (1999), Carry On (2007), Scream (2009), Higher Truth(2015) and the live album Songbook (2011). Cornell received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his song “The Keeper” which appeared in the film Machine Gun Preacher and co-wrote and performed the theme song to the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), “You Know My Name“.