TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) — While some students learn through lectures, others learn through research. The Center for Relativity and Cosmology combined both in an attempt to bridge science and music.

“[It made me] think more about music,” said student Ashton Harris. “I didn’t think that music had so much to do with physics essentially. You wouldn’t think that deeply about it, in terms of physics at least.”

According to Dr. Yusuf Sanchez, although the concept of relativity is often overlooked, but it is essential to every day life.

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“Relativity so far is the best description we have of how gravity works. Stars are something that actually feel a lot of gravity, so how stars move through space, how stars evolve, the nature of the universe, how the universe has evolved in time itself.

“The thing that is very nice about astronomy is how humbling it is like to actually appreciate, like how big the universe is, how complex it is, but at the same time how beautiful it is.”

Getting involved in astronomy requires no physical traits. Instead, it’s all about the traits that can’t be measured.

“It’s not necessarily about how much you do research wise, it’s more about how you love it and the passion that you put into it,” said Astronomy Club President Gracie Alexander.

The Center for Relativity and Cosmology and the Astronomy Club will continue to meet throughout the semester.