Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, FIU professor of physics and astronomy, performed for the Miami Beach Centennial celebration on Monday, March 23 right on the sand at South Beach. Dr. Fiorella's show, “Let’s Get
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Astrophysical”, featured the first Top 15 Stellar-Themed Pop Song Countdown, including songs from Muse, One Republic, Oasis, Incubus, Fallout Boy, Katy Perry and Daft Punk. Performed by live DJs, musicians, dancers, acrobats, a laser light show and more than 40 FIU students dancing to the countdown. Dr. Fiorella portrayed herself, acting as a professor of astronomy at FIU and a musician playing sounds of space emanating from black holes, radio galaxies, pulsars, the Sun and Saturn, all via her keyboard based on her research in Acoustic Astronomy. An uncommon fusion of science, art, astronomy and music!
