Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A classic piece of music is about to be broadcast into space at the speed of light. The classical work “By the Beautiful Blue ...

Johann Strauss II's popular orchestral piece "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" has been inextricably linked to space since it was used in the 1968 classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz played as ...

Saturday's celestial concert salutes ESA's 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

A sketch. A freely-associating essay on the "beautiful blue Danube". Images of the Danube, images of blue, historical photographs and private archives: Everything is blended into an attempt to capture ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A classic piece of music is about to be broadcast into space at the speed of light. The classical work “By the Beautiful Blue Danube,” by Johann Strauss II, will be broadcast into ...

A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion... The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue ...