Fans petition to name black hole after Soundgarden's Chris Cornell
https://www.cnet.com/news/fans-petition-to-name-black-hole-after-soundgardens-chris-cornell/
Despite the flood of fans pushing to give Cornell the honor, on Friday the black hole was dubbed Powehi, which is Hawaiian for "embellished dark source of unending creation," CNN reported. Astronomers involved with the project reportedly asked a Hawaiian language professor for help naming the black hole because two of the eight telescopes used to capture the photo are located in Hawaii.
"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," Giuliana Jarrin, the petition's creator said on Change.org. "This would be a 'surreal' and amazing way to honor his life and his contribution to music."