From Eno to Dua Lipa, why musicians are fascinated by outer space

Artists have long been seduced by galactic themes. Now Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes is releasing a celestial epic

Nick Rhodes, the most concept-friendly and new-romantic of Duran Duran's line-up, has been in contemplation. Mostly he's been thinking about the movements of the heavens and their travelling companion, mythology.

If the gods are angry, this thinking goes, their mood swings might be interpreted celestially, providing a natural hedge against uncertainties. It's a pastime that's given druids plenty of work opportunities for millennia and, in recent decades, also rock stars (a term that is itself something of giveaway).