NASA s Voyager 1 Space Probe Detects Persistent Hum 14 Billion Miles From Earth
The sound picked up by NASA could be a result of oscillating plasma waves. By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 12 May 2021 16:18 IST
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The sound could be a result of plasma waves
Voyager 1 is designed for interstellar research
NASA s Voyager 1 probe has picked up an uncanny humming sound coming from space. NASA launched the Voyager 1 space probe 44 years ago and today it is the most distant human-made object from Earth, after exiting our solar system nine years ago. Since then, it has been exploring the near-emptiness of interstellar space and sending back valuable data to help us understand the world outside our solar system. Scientists now say instruments aboard the distant spacecraft have detected a “persistent hum” generated by the constant vibration of small amounts of gas in interstellar space. According