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NASA s Voyager 1 detects the eerie hum of interstellar space
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May 12, 2021 11:49 IST
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in September 1977, is currently located about 22.7 billion km from Earth
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In an artist s depiction, the Voyager 1 craft continues to cruise through interstellar space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in September 1977, is currently located about 22.7 billion km from Earth
The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien was advertised with the memorable tagline, In space no can hear you scream. It did not say anything about humming.
Instruments aboard NASA s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which nine years ago exited our solar system s outer reaches, have detected a faint monotonous hum caused by the constant vibrations of the small amounts of gas found in the near-emptiness of interstellar space, scientists said.