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'Failing Light' (with Harold Budd) may be just about the most relaxing music ever. Everything's just growing and existing, perhaps underwater, with nothing ever happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5VDDA1SPKQ

Listening to "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks" is right up there in my book...
So if you know about Brian Eno, he's one of the original pioneers in the minimalist "Space" music genre. His Apollo album in the 80's brought synthesizers to post-rock.

He also made the Windows 95 opening sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Ak5VgyEoc

<3 Eno, but there are a lot of people making computer music and working with digital synthesis at a granular level (pun intended). This just seems like name-dropping.
Symphony of the Planets might be another avenue to directly investigating the sonic structure of the universe. Another great listen.
If you like Brian Eno, check out Stars of the Lid.