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  1. Brian Eno
    receives a
    Stephen Hawking
    Medal for Science
    Communication
    from Peter Gabriel
    (right), with
    Starmus founder
    Garik Israelian
    (left) looking on.
    2. Buzz Aldrin
    receives a lifetime
    achievement
    Hawking Medal.
    He is flanked
    by Israelian,
    Michael Hintze,
    and Brian May.
    3. Another winner
    of a Stephen
    Hawking Medal,
    Elon Musk, joins
    the conference via
    a live link as he
    waits to launch a
    Falcon Heavy
    rocket at the
    Kennedy Space
    Center in Florida.
    4. Rick Wakeman
    lends his talents
    to the opening
    evening of musical
    fun.
    5. Kip Thorne,
    known for his
    work on black
    holes, leads
    a musical
    exploration
    of black hole
    theory during the
    opening festivities.


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