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Space and music are two unusual partners.

But they've been brought together in 'Cosmic Cycles', a symphony about space.

Images from the James Webb telescope started the project for NASA.

The music was written by composer Henry Dehlinger and is played by the United States' National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Seven separate sections make up the symphony, which combines music with incredible images.

The piece begins with the Sun and then looks at Earth.

The Moon, other planets and then aspects of the wider universe follow.

Photo and video material of Earth which was taken by astronauts is included in Cosmic Cycles.

In addition, there are 'visualisations' - images which communicate actual scientific data.

Dehlinger believes the images are powerful simply because they're real - they aren't fake or made by AI.

NASA's wonderful pictures were the starting point, but Dehlinger went further than this.

He listened to the sound of a black hole, which he then placed in his symphony.

And it's an incredibly spooky, eerie sound."

Last month, the symphony was performed live for the first time.

However, it's accessible on the NASA website from any location on the home planet.

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