[Momquist]

First time I hear about Brian May being an astrophysicist. Very surprising (to me at least). He was awarded his PhD in 2007, for his study on the formation of zodiacal dust clouds.

https://phys.org/news/2008-07-brian-guitarist-band-queen-phd...

[romwell]

Until 2007, Brian May was just another PhD dropout.

...if you forget him being the guitarist of Queen who also wrote about half of their songs.