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Voyager 1, which is the farthest human-made object from Earth and the first to enter interstellar space, has been detecting a faint, persistent hum that scientists have attributed to interstellar gas.
Phys.org, citing research published in Nature Astronomy, reported that the spacecraft’s Plasma Wave System has picked up a persistent signature produced by the tenuous near-vacuum of space.
James Cordes, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, reportedly described the sound as a quiet or gentle rain. In the case of a solar outburst, it’s like detecting a lightning burst in a thunderstorm and then it’s back to a gentle rain, he said.
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